What does כּוּר · κάμινος mean in the Bible?
כּוּר · κάμινος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "smelting furnace".
Hebrew · H3564, G2575
כּוּר
A pot or furnace (as if excavated) · a furnace
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כּוּר H3564 a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
Pronunciation kûr
Furnace for refining metal; metaphorically, intense trial that purifies or tests faith and character
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κάμινος G2575 a furnace
Pronunciation káminos
Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
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What does כּוּר (kur) mean in the Bible?
כּוּר · κάμινος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "smelting furnace".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3564, G2575?
H3564, G2575 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. smelting furnace
Strong's H3564, G2575
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Source Gloss
smelting furnace
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain