Topic
Brass
49 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 8:9Easton · Smith · Nave A mineral of Canaan
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
- Genesis 4:22Smith · Nave Workers in: Tubal-cain
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- Deuteronomy 33:25Smith · Nave FIGURATIVE
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
- Judges 16:21Easton · Nave Articles made of — Fetters
¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- 1 Samuel 17:5Easton · Nave Articles made of — Armor
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
- 1 Samuel 17:6Easton · Nave Articles made of — Armor
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- 2 Kings 25:7Easton · Nave Articles made of — Fetters
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19Easton · Nave Articles made of — Cymbals
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
- Psalms 107:16Easton · Nave Articles made of — Gates
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Isaiah 48:4Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Daniel 2:39Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
- Zechariah 6:1Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
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- Matthew 10:9 Easton · Nave Articles made of — Money
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Easton · Nave Articles made of — Trumpets
- Exodus 38:8 Nave Articles made of — Mirrors
- Exodus 38:28–31 Nave Articles made of — Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
- Leviticus 26:19 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Numbers 21:4–9 Easton
- Joshua 22:8 Nave A mineral of Canaan
- 2 Samuel 8:8 Nave Of Syria
- 1 Kings 4:13 Nave Articles made of — Bars
- 1 Kings 7:14–47 Nave Articles made of — Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
- 1 Kings 7:14 Nave Hiram
- 1 Kings 7:47 Nave Abundance of, for the temple
- 2 Kings 18:4 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Nave Abundance of, for the temple
- 2 Chronicles 12:10 Nave Articles made of — Armor
- Ezra 8:27 Nave Articles made of — Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
- Job 28:1–28 Smith
- Job 28:2 Nave Smelted
- Isaiah 45:2 Nave Articles made of — Gates
- Jeremiah 1:18 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Jeremiah 6:28 Easton
- Ezekiel 1:7 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ezekiel 22:18 Easton
- Ezekiel 22:20 Nave Smelted
- Ezekiel 27:13 Nave Tyrians traded in
- Daniel 2:32 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Daniel 5:4 Nave Articles made of — Idols
- Daniel 7:19 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Daniel 10:6 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Micah 4:13 Easton
- Mark 7:4 Nave Articles made of — Household vessels
- Mark 12:41 Nave Articles made of — Money
- John 3:14 Easton
- John 3:15 Easton
- 2 Timothy 4:14 Nave Alexander
- Revelation 1:15 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Revelation 9:20 Nave Articles made of — Idols
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 19 references
Which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly copper (Deut. 8:9). It was used for fetters (Judg. 16:21; 2 Kings 25:7), for pieces of armour (1 Sam. 17:5, 6), for musical instruments (1 Chr. 15:19; 1 Cor. 13:1), and for money (Matt. 10:9).
It is a symbol of insensibility and obstinacy in sin (Isa. 48:4; Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18), and of strength (Ps. 107:16; Micah 4:13).
The Macedonian empire is described as a kingdom of brass (Dan. 2:39). The “mountains of brass” Zechariah (6:1) speaks of have been supposed to represent the immutable decrees of God.
The serpent of brass was made by Moses at the command of God (Num. 21:4-9), and elevated on a pole, so that it might be seen by all the people when wounded by the bite of the serpents that were sent to them as a punishment for their murmurings against God and against Moses. It was afterwards carried by the Jews into Canaan, and preserved by them till the time of Hezekiah, who caused it to be at length destroyed because it began to be viewed by the people with superstitious reverence (2 Kings 18:4). (See NEHUSHTAN.)
The brazen serpent is alluded to by our Lord in John 3:14, 15. (See SERPENT.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Or more probably COPPER)
- → Smelted Eze 22:20; Job 28:2
- → A mineral of Canaan De 8:9; Jos 22:8
- → Of Syria 2Sa 8:8
- → Tyrians traded in Eze 27:13
- → Abundance of, for the temple 1Ki 7:47; 1Ch 22:14
- → Articles made of
- Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple Ex 38:28-31; 1Ki 7:14-47; Ezr 8:27
- Cymbals 1Ch 15:19
- Trumpets 1Co 13:1
- Armor 1Sa 17:5,6; 2Ch 12:10
- Bows, see Bows
- Fetters Jud 16:21; 2Ki 25:7
- Gates Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
- Bars 1Ki 4:13
- Idols Da 5:4; Re 9:20
- Mirrors Ex 38:8
- Household vessels Mr 7:4
- Money Mt 10:9; Mr 12:41
- → Workers in: Tubal-cain Ge 4:22
- → Hiram 1Ki 7:14
- → Alexander 2Ti 4:14
- → See BRAZIER
- → See COPPER
- → See MOLDING
- → FIGURATIVE Le 26:19; De 33:25; Isa 48:4; Jer 1:18; Eze 1:7; Da 2:32,39; 7:19; 10:6; Zec 6:1; Re 1:15
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.