Geology & The Bible

Intro

Seeking to determine the age of flint and its relation to a young earth

Strongs Entry

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 7644 I. צֹר

7644 I. צֹר (ṣōr): n.[masc.]; ≡ Str 6864; TWOT 1975b—1. LN 2.29–2.48 flint, i.e., a massive hard quartz (

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 2734 חַלָּמִישׁ

2734 חַלָּמִישׁ (ḥǎl·lā·mîš): n.masc.; ≡ Str 2496; TWOT 665—LN 2.29–2.48 hard rock, flinty rock, i.e., a hard quartz mineral, with a focus on the hardness of the material, and its resulting difficulty to crack (

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 7445 III. צוּר

7445 III. צוּר (ṣûr): v.; ≡ Str 6697; TWOT 1901a—LN 42.29–42.40 (qal) fashion, i.e., shape with a tool and so make a creation (

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 7639 I. צַר

7639 I. צַר (ṣǎr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 6862; TWOT 1973a, 1973b, 1974a, 1975a—LN 22.1–22.14 trouble, distress, anguish, i.e., be in a state of very unfavorable circumstances, implying emotional distress (

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 9031 I. שָׁמִיר

9031 I. שָׁמִיר (šā·mîr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 8068; TWOT 2416a—LN 3.13–3.32 briers, brambles, sticker-bush, thorn-shrub, i.e., any of a kind of shrubs and bushes with woody tines and thorns which easily scratch and pierce soft tissue, with a focus that this is plant that grows in uncultivated lands (

“Flint” — 12 Times

Exodus 4:25 NASB95

25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Deuteronomy 8:15 NASB95

15 “He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

Deuteronomy 32:13 NASB95

13 “He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock,

Joshua 5:2 NASB95

2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”

Joshua 5:3 NASB95

3 So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

Job 28:9 NASB95

9 “He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.

Psalm 114:8 NASB95

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of water.

Isaiah 5:28 NASB95

28 Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent; The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Isaiah 50:7 NASB95

7 For the Lord God helps Me, Therefore, I am not disgraced; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

Ezekiel 3:9 NASB95

9 “Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”

Zechariah 7:12 NASB95

12 “They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.