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Brimstone
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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gaphrith , related to gopher wood, and so expressing any inflammable substance, as sulphur, which burns with a suffocating smell. It is a mineral found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. It was the instrument used in destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, the adjoining cities of the plain (Genesis 19:24), for divine miracle does not supersede the use of God's existing natural agents, but moves in connection with them. An image of every visitation of God's vengeance on the ungodly, especially of the final one (Deuteronomy 29:23; Job 18:15; Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 34:9; Ezekiel 38:22; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 21:8).
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Brimstone'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/brimstone.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Brimstone'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/brimstone.html. 1949.
