Quick Definition
furnace
Strong's Definition
probably a crucible (as working over the metal)
Derivation: from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of completing;
KJV Usage: furnace.
TWOT Reference: 1628b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) furnace, crucible
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלִיל (a.lil) — furnace. furnace, crucible
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עלל
Furnaces
smelting furnace, kiln meaning unsure; possibly: = a construction ◄ made of hardened clay or of bricks ► and used for the smelting of ore; ≈ associated with purity and uprightness
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלִיל appar. n.[m.], only ψ 12:7, usu. furnace, crucible, but wholly dub. ref