Dict: easton - Copper

Copper @ derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian brass," occurs only in the Authorized Version in kjv@Ezra:8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered "brass," and sometimes "steel" ( kjv@2Samuel:22:35; kjv@Jeremiah:15:12). The "bow of steel" kjv@Job:20:24; kjv@Psalms:18:34) should have been "bow of copper" (or "brass," as in the R.V.). The vessels of "fine copper" of kjv@Ezra:8:27 were probably similar to those of "bright brass" mentioned in kjvKings:7:45; kjv@Daniel:10:6. Tubal-cain was the first artificer in brass and iron kjv@Genesis:4:22). Hiram was noted as a worker in brass (kjvKings:7:14). Copper abounded in Palestine kjv@Deuteronomy:8:9; kjv@Isaiah:60:17; kjv@1Chronicles:22:3 kjv@1Chronicles:22:14). All sorts of vessels in the tabernacle and the temple were made of it kjv@Leviticus:6:28; kjv@Numbers:16:39; kjv@2Chronicals:4:16; kjv@Ezra:8:27); also weapons of war ( kjv@1Samuel:17:5-6, 38; kjv@2Samuel:21:16). Iron is mentioned only four times kjv@Genesis:4:22; kjv@Leviticus:26:19; kjv@Numbers:31:22 kjv@Numbers:35:16) in the first four books of Moses, while copper (rendered "brass") is mentioned forty times. (
See BRASS.) We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a "coppersmith" of Ephesus ( kjv@2Timothy:4:14).