כּוּר kûwr

Hebrew · Strong's H3564 · pronounced koor · used 9 times in 9 verses

Meaning

a pot or furnace (as if excavated)

In the King James Version: furnace. Compare H3600 (כִּיר).

Derivation: from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through;

Deuteronomy 4:20 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
1 Kings 8:51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
Proverbs 17:3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Proverbs 27:21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Jeremiah 11:4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
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.
Ezekiel 22:22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”