Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5427 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נֶתֶר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5425 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | nether |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | neh'-ther |
| Meaning: | 1. mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid) |
| KJV Renderings: | nitre. |
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נֶ֫תֶר noun [masculine] natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נִתְרָא, [untranscribed source text 3498]; compare Greek νίτρον, λίτρον, Latin nitrum (see Lexicons)); — אִםתְּֿכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Jer 2:22 though thou wash thyself with natron (figurative; || בֹּרִית; on use of 'nitrum' for handwashing among Greeks see MeinekeFragm. Comicorum ii. 638); חֹמֶץ עַלנָֿ֑תֶר Prov 25:20 (figurative of the incompatible).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
