4336 iron
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Iron ore is mined from the earth

Job 28:2 See also Deuteronomy 8:7-9

Iron ore is refined by smelting in a furnace

Such imagery is often used of God's testing of his people

Ezekiel 22:20 See also Numbers 31:21-23; Jeremiah 6:27-29; Ezekiel 22:18

Egypt is described as an iron-smelting furnace

Deuteronomy 4:20 See also 1 Kings 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4

Iron was a valuable metal

Revelation 18:11-12 See also Joshua 22:6-8; Isaiah 60:17; Ezekiel 27:12,19

Iron was prized for its great strength

Daniel 2:40-43 See also Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:23

The great strength of certain animals is conveyed with the imagery of iron:

Job 40:15-18; Job 41:27

Iron is symbolic of the strength of the LORD's rule:

Psalm 2:9; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 19:15 Isaiah 48:4; Jeremiah 1:18; Jeremiah 15:12; Daniel 2:31-35

Daniel's dream of four beasts:

Daniel 7:7,19 Micah 4:13

Iron objects were taken as booty in war

Joshua 6:24 See also Joshua 6:15-19; Joshua 22:8

Iron was used in the construction of the temple

1 Chronicles 29:2 See also 1 Chronicles 22:14-16; 1 C 7; 2 Chronicles 2:7,13-14; 2 C 12

Other uses of iron

For tools

Genesis 4:22 See also Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:30-31; 2 Samuel 12:31 pp 1 Chronicles 20:3; 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Kings 6:7; 2 Kings 6:5-6; Job 19:23-24; Jeremiah 17:1; Amos 1:3; 1 Timothy 4:2

For chains, shackles and fetters

Psalm 105:18 See also Psalm 107:10; Psalm 149:6-9; Daniel 4:15,23; Mark 5:1-4

For chariots

Judges 1:19 See also Joshua 17:15-18; Judges 4:2-3,12-13

For gates and gate fittings

Acts 12:10 See also Deuteronomy 33:25; 1 Chronicles 22:3; Psalm 107:15-16; Isaiah 45:2

For weapons and armour

1 Samuel 17:7 See also Numbers 35:16; Job 20:24; Revelation 9:9

For idols

Daniel 5:4 See also Daniel 5:23

For yokes

Deuteronomy 28:48 See also Jeremiah 28:13-14

For horns

1 Kings 22:11 pp 2 Chronicles 18:10

For cooking utensils

Ezekiel 4:3

For a bed

Deuteronomy 3:11

See also

4303  metals
4345  metalworkers
4348  mining
4351  refining
4696  yoke
5209  armour
5251  chains
5252  chariots
5323  gate
5461  prisoners
5583  tools
5612  weapons



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