# בֹּרִית (borit)

Israeli respelling: bo-rit. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1287. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

vegetable alkali

King James renderings: sope.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/borit-h1287

## Occurrences

- [Jeremiah 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/22) — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Malachi 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/2) — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: