גׇּפְרִית
goprît
brimstone
Strong's H1614NounHebrewTWOT 375

גׇּפְרִית (goprît) is a Hebrew noun meaning brimstone. It appears 7 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1614).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 375)

Range of meaning (TWOT 375)brimstone; cypress-resin, sulphur
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גָּפְרִית noun, feminine: brimstone

Strong's H1614 גׇּפְרִית: properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
KJV:brimstone.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 19:24Job 18:15Psalms 11:6

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