gfrit · sulfur

What it means

gfrit (גׇּפְרִית) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sulfur”.

A mineral that burns with a flame and a strong smell.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A mineral that burns with a flame and a foul smell.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sulfur ×6
• brimstone ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 19:24

  Then YHWH rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from YHWH out of the heavens.

• Deuteronomy 29:23

  —all its land brimstone and salt, a burning; it will not be sown, and it will not sprout, and no plant will come up in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in his anger and in his wrath—

• Job 18:15

  What is not his dwells in his tent; sulfur is scattered over his abode.

• Psalms 11:6

  He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and sulfur; and a scorching wind will be the portion of their cup.

• Isaiah 30:33

  For Topheth has been prepared from long ago; it too for the king is made ready; he has made deep and wide its pyre, fire and wood in abundance; the breath of YHWH, like a torrent of sulfur, kindles it.

• Isaiah 34:9

  And its torrents will be turned into pitch, and its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.

• Ezekiel 38:22

  And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and torrential rain, and hailstones, fire, and sulfur I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him.