Quran glossary · draft

عفر

powerful jinn

A powerful jinn capable of an unusually demanding feat.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: عفر

Lemmas: عفريت

Forms: عِفْرِيتٌ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

27:39

قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an indefinite nominative noun followed by مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ. The speaker offers to transport the distant throne before Solomon rises and explicitly describes himself as strong and trustworthy, fixing the noun as a powerful class-description within the jinn.