HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2496
חַלָּמִישׁ
chal.la.mish — flint
flint, rock
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Flint
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6864
צֹר
tsor — flint
1) flint, hard pebble 1a) used as a knife
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8068
שָׁמִיר
sha.mir — thorn
1) thorn(s), adamant, flint 1a) thorns, thorn-bushes 1b) adamant (as sharp) 1c) a sharp stone, flint 1c1) perhaps a diamond
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6863
צֵר
tser — Zer
§ Zer = "flint" fortified town in Naphtali, probably in the area of the Sea of Galilee
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Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years’ wanderings. In Isa. 50:7 and Ezek. 3:9 the expressions, where the word is used, means that the “Messiah would be firm and resolute amidst all contempt and scorn which he would meet; that he had made up his mind to endure it, and would not shrink from any kind or degree of suffering which would be necessary to accomplish the great work in which he was engaged.” (Comp. Ezek. 3:8, 9.) The words “like a flint” are used with reference to the hoofs of horses (Isa. 5:28).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.