Copper Brass
68 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
43 sections
- Antiquity of Working In
- Canaan Abounded In
- Characterised by Fusibility
- Characterised by Hardness
- Characterised by Sonorousness
- Characterised by Strength
- Characterised by Yellow Colour
- Coined fMoney
- Collected by David fthe Temple
- Dug out of the Mountains
- Extensive Commerce In
- Extreme Drought
- Inferiin Value to Gold and Silver
- Macedonian Empire
- Made Into: Altars
- Made Into: Bars fGates
- Made Into: Fetters
- Made Into: Gates
- Made Into: Greaves fthe Legs
- Made Into: Helmets
- Made Into: Household Vessels
- Made Into: Idols
- Made Into: Instruments of Music
- Made Into: Lavers
- Made Into: Mirrors
- Made Into: Pillars
- Made Into: Sacred Vessels
- Made Into: Shields
- Made Into: Sockets fPillars
- Moses Made the Serpent of
- Obstinate Sinners
- Offerings of, fthe Tabernacle
- Offerings of, fthe Temple
- Purified by Smelting
- Strength Given to Saints
- Taken in War: Cleansed by Fire
- Taken in War: Generally Consecrated to God
- Taken in War: Often in Great Quantities
- Takes a High Polish
- The Decrees of God
- The Earth Made Barren
- The Strength and Firmness of Christ
- Working In, a Trade
Antiquity of Working In
- Genesis 4:22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Canaan Abounded In
- Deuteronomy 8:9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- Deuteronomy 33:25 May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
Characterised by Fusibility
- Ezekiel 22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 22:20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
Characterised by Hardness
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
Characterised by Sonorousness
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
Characterised by Strength
- Job 40:18 His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
Characterised by Yellow Colour
- Ezra 8:27 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Coined fMoney
- Matthew 10:9 Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
- Mark 12:41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Collected by David fthe Temple
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD— 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 22:16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron— craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God — gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, …
Dug out of the Mountains
- Deuteronomy 8:9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
Extensive Commerce In
- Ezekiel 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Revelation 18:12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
Extreme Drought
- Deuteronomy 28:23 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Inferiin Value to Gold and Silver
- Isaiah 60:17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- Daniel 2:32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
- Daniel 2:39 But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.
Macedonian Empire
- Daniel 2:39 But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.
Made Into: Altars
- Exodus 27:2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 39:39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
Made Into: Bars fGates
- 1 Kings 4:13 Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Made Into: Fetters
- Judges 16:21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- 2 Kings 25:7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Made Into: Gates
- Psalm 107:16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Isaiah 45:2 “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Made Into: Greaves fthe Legs
- 1 Samuel 17:6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
Made Into: Helmets
- 1 Samuel 17:5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
Made Into: Household Vessels
- Mark 7:4 And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
Made Into: Idols
- Daniel 5:4 As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
- Revelation 9:20 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
Made Into: Instruments of Music
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
Made Into: Lavers
- Exodus 30:18 “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
- 1 Kings 7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
Made Into: Mirrors
- Exodus 38:8 Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Made Into: Pillars
- 1 Kings 7:15–16 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. …
Made Into: Sacred Vessels
- Exodus 27:3 Make all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- 1 Kings 7:45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
Made Into: Shields
- 1 Kings 14:27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Made Into: Sockets fPillars
- Exodus 38:10–11 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. …
- Exodus 38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
Moses Made the Serpent of
- Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
- 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
Obstinate Sinners
- Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- Jeremiah 6:28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
Offerings of, fthe Tabernacle
- Exodus 38:29 The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
Offerings of, fthe Temple
- 1 Chronicles 29:6–7 Then the leaders of the families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. …
Purified by Smelting
- Job 28:2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
Strength Given to Saints
- Jeremiah 15:20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
- Micah 4:13 Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Taken in War: Cleansed by Fire
- Numbers 31:21–23 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: …
Taken in War: Generally Consecrated to God
- Joshua 6:19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
- Joshua 6:24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- 2 Samuel 8:10–11 he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze, …
Taken in War: Often in Great Quantities
- Joshua 22:8 saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
- 2 Samuel 8:8 And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- 2 Kings 25:13–16 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. …
Takes a High Polish
- 2 Chronicles 4:16 and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- Ezekiel 1:7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.
The Decrees of God
- Zechariah 6:1 And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains — mountains of bronze.
The Earth Made Barren
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
The Strength and Firmness of Christ
- Daniel 10:6 His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
- Revelation 1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
Working In, a Trade
- Genesis 4:22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- 1 Kings 7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and …
- 2 Chronicles 24:12 Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the …
- 2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.