# H5427 נֶתֶר

נֶתֶר (nether), Strong’s H5427: mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid) KJV: nitre.. Occurs 2 times.

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*nether* — mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid)

KJV: nitre.

Derived from [נָתַר nâthar](https://besorah.bible/word/H5425) (to jump, i.e. be violently agitated)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נֶ֫תֶר n.[m.] natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali

## Where it occurs
- [Jeremiah 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/2?v=22) — For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
- [Proverbs 25:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/25?v=20) — As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.