# גׇּפְרִית (gfrit)

Israeli respelling: gfrit. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1614. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)

King James renderings: brimstone.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/gfrit-h1614

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 19:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/24) — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- [Deuteronomy 29:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/29/23) — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like…
- [Job 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/15) — It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- [Psalms 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/11/6) — Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- [Isaiah 30:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/33) — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; th…
- [Isaiah 34:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/34/9) — And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
- [Ezekiel 38:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/22) — And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that ar…