The word in Scripture

Brass in the Bible

The word brass appears 126 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Brass pictures strength and, in the fire of judgment, endurance. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What brass means in the Bible

Brass pictures strength and, in the fire of judgment, endurance.

Where the word brass appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word brass appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.”Genesis 4:22

“All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.”Exodus 27:17

“For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.”Psalms 107:16

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”Isaiah 48:4

“For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.”Isaiah 60:17

“Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,”Matthew 10:9

“And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.”Revelation 1:15

“And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;”Revelation 2:18