עפרת, Exod. xv, 10; Num. xxxi, 22; Job xix, 24; Jer. vi, 29; Ezek.
xxii, 18; xxvii, 12; Zech. v, 7, 8; a mineral of a bluish white colour.
It is the softest next to gold, but has no great tenacity, and is not in
the least sonorous. It is mentioned with five other species of metal,
Num. xxxi, 22; and there is no doubt but that this is the meaning of the
word; so the Septuagint render it throughout, μόλιϐδος or μόλιϐος.
xxii, 18; xxvii, 12; Zech. v, 7, 8; a mineral of a bluish white colour.
It is the softest next to gold, but has no great tenacity, and is not in
the least sonorous. It is mentioned with five other species of metal,
Num. xxxi, 22; and there is no doubt but that this is the meaning of the
word; so the Septuagint render it throughout, μόλιϐδος or μόλιϐος.