King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5427
Transliteration: nether
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ther)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: natron or carbonate of soda
Meaning: natron or carbonate of soda
Word Summary
nether: natron or carbonate of soda
Original Word: נֶתֶרTransliteration: nether
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ther)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: natron or carbonate of soda
Meaning: natron or carbonate of soda
Strong's Concordance
nitre From nathar; mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid) -- nitre.
see HEBREW nathar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5427. nether
נֶ֫תֶר noun [masculine] natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נִתְרָא, ; compare Greek νίτρον, λίτρον, Latin nitrum (see Lexicons)); — בַּנֶּתֶר אִםתְּֿכַבְּסִי Jeremiah 2:22 though thou wash thyself with natron (figurative; "" בֹּרִית; on use of 'nitrum' for handwashing among Greeks see MeinekeFragm. Comicorum ii. 638); עַלנָֿ֑תֶר חֹמֶץ Proverbs 25:20 (figurative of the incompatible).