Strong’s
H1287Noun, feminine2 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Jeremiah 2:22בֹּרִית
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Malachi 3:2וּכְבֹרִית
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֹּרִית n.f. lye, alkali, potash, soap, used in washing
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.