Quick Definition
tin
Strong's Definition
alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin
Derivation: from H914 (בָּדַל);
KJV Usage: [phrase] plummet, tin.
TWOT Reference: 203c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בְּדִיל (be.dil) — tin. 1) alloy, tin, dross 1a) of Israel (metaph.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Metals | ≈ בַּרְזֶל · זָהָב · כֶּסֶף · נְחֹשֶׁת · עֹופֶרֶת
tin = silvery-white metal; ► used, together with copper, for the production of bronze
Tools
Collocation: אֶבֶן בְּדִיל
tin weight (as tool) > plumb line = a tin weight suspended on the end of a string, ► used by builders to determine whether a wall was straight or not
1 ZEC 4:10 HOTTP-B RSV NIV NRSV | NJPS "stone of distinction", NJB "chosen stone", REB "stone called separation", CEV "important stone"
noun m
Metals | ≈ סִיג
slag, alloy, impurities = waste matter separated from precious metals during the smelting or refining of ore; ≈ associated with impurity and worthlessness
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בְּדִיל n.[m.] alloy, tin, dross alloy
tin (plumbum album)
plummet
base