פַּרְזֶל parzel

Hebrew word for “iron” · Strong’s H6523 · used 20 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

iron; Aramaic of bar.zel (בַּרְזֶל "iron" H1270)

How it is translated

Glosses given for parzel in context, with how often each is used:

• iron 11
• iron the 7
• like iron 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (8), Daniel 4 (2), Daniel 5 (2), Daniel 7 (2)

Forms

• פרזלא 10
• פרזל 8
• כפרזלא 1
• וכפרזלא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with parzel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דִּי di “that” 12
• חֲסַף chasaph “clay” 7
• נְחָשׁ nechash “bronze” 7
• הֲוָא hava “to be” 9
• רְגַל regal “foot” 6
• דְּקַק deqaq “to break up” 6
• חֲזָה chazah “to see” 7
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 5
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• כְּסַף kesaph “silver” 4
• לָא la “not” 5
• כֹּל kol “all” 5

Key verses

The verses using parzel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Daniel 2:33 — His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
• Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
• Daniel 2:40 — And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in…
• Daniel 2:41 — And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of…
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and…
• Daniel 4:15 — Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of…
• Daniel 4:23 — And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots…
• Daniel 5:4 — They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
• Daniel 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy…
• Daniel 7:7 — After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and…
• Daniel 7:19 — Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass;…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.