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Copper

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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One of the primitive metals, and the most ductile and malleable after gold and silver. Of this metal and zinc is made brass, which is a modern invention. There is little doubt but that copper is intended in those passages of our translation on the Bible which speak of brass. Copper was known prior to the flood, and was wrought by Tubal-cain, Genesis 4:22 . Hiram of Tyre was a celebrated worker in copper, 1 Kings 7:14 . Palestine abounded in it, Deuteronomy 8:9 , and David amassed great quantities to be employed in building the temple, 1 Chronicles 22:3-14 . In Ezra 8:27 , two vessels are mentioned "of fine copper, precious as gold." This was probably a metal compounded of copper, with gold or silver, or both. It was extolled for its beauty, solidity, and rarity, and for some uses was referred to gold itself. Some compound of this kind may have been used for the small mirrors mentioned in Exodus 38:8 Job 37:18 . See BRASS .

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Copper'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​c/copper.html. 1859.
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