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כּוּר H3564

H3564 is the Hebrew word כּוּר, transliterated kûwr and said koor. The King James Version most often renders it furnace.

Word: כּוּרTransliteration: kûwrSaid: koorLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 9 verses

What it means

a pot or furnace (as if excavated).

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

furnace 9×

Strong's own list of renderings: furnace. Compare H3600 (כִּיר).

Verses using כּוּר

All 9 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 4:20 · KJV

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

1 Kings 8:51 · KJV

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Proverbs 17:3 · KJV

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 27:21 · KJV

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Isaiah 48:10 · KJV

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Jeremiah 11:4 · KJV

Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

Ezekiel 22:18 · KJV

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Ezekiel 22:20 · KJV

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Ezekiel 22:22 · KJV

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3564 mean?

H3564 is the Hebrew word כּוּר (kûwr), meaning a pot or furnace (as if excavated).

How is H3564 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it furnace (9 times).

How many times does H3564 appear in the Bible?

כּוּר (kûwr) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3564 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through.

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