How many chemical elements from the periodic table are mentioned specifically in the bible?

I'm referring to the elements of the periodic table.

Gold and Silver are mentioned, obviously, so that's two.

Are there others?

I doubt there are any direct references to lighter elements, such as oxygen or hydrogen, because they would have only been known by the substances that contain them such as ';air'; and ';water';.



I'm just being curious here. I'd love to get a comprehensive list of all elements directly referred to in the bible.How many chemical elements from the periodic table are mentioned specifically in the bible?
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(Nu 31:21-22) “21?El?e?a′zar the priest then said to the men of the army who had gone into the battle: “This is the statute of the law that Jehovah commanded Moses, 22?‘Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead,”



(Ge 19:24) “ 24?Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens, upon Sod′om and upon Go?mor′rah.”



...maybe more---TO COMEHow many chemical elements from the periodic table are mentioned specifically in the bible?
Here are a few:



Gen 4:22: ';As for Zil′lah, she too gave birth to Tu′bal-cain, the forger of every sort of tool of copper and iron.';



Numbers 31:22: ';‘Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead, 23 everything that is processed with fire, YOU should pass through the fire, and it must be clean.';



You can look up every element in the Bible by using an Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, like Strong's or Young's, available at the local library.



Of course, remember that chemistry is a very young science, so probably most elements that occur only in compounds in nature were not discovered during Bible times.



Best regards,

Michael
Sulfur

Iron

Copper

Silver

Tin

Gold

Lead





I thought that carbon and mercury were as well, but I can find no such references.

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Actually, I guess we can sort of include Carbon. Charcoal and ashes (essentially pure carbon) are both mentioned. And diamond is also mentioned (although usually known by the Greek ';adamant'; at the time). They just didn't know that charcoal, ashes, and diamond were all the same stuff.



Mercury and Zinc were both known early enough to have been mentioned, but neither seems to be in the Bible.
Why don't you check in Darwins '; Origin of the Species '; Sir ? I see evolutionist quite often on here claim that evolution is science, If that is indeed true, you should have no problem finding those elements in the evolutionary bible written by the father of evolution , right ? God bless.
Copper, Iron, and I'll keep checking.



Added: Lead



Added: That's all I could find. There are others that were certainly known at the time Mercury (quick silver), and Platinum were both occasionally used. Zinc was used to make brass. But none of them come up in a search. So I'm going with five of them.



Added: I see I missed tin. That's six.
The chemical elements (as we understand the definition) were studied first By A. Lavoisier in 18th century, so your question makes no sense. It was not known that gold and silver are elements (in a strict sense of the word) at the time Bible was written.
I think copper is mentioned. Brimstone is sulfur, and there are some indirect references to carbon.
all you will get is the element of surprise when god comes back. haha sorry i just thought that would be funny to say
The bible =/= Science manual
there are only 4 real elements, and the bible mentions them all.
iron, copper
Gold

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