Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6884
צָרַף
tsa.raph · “to refine”
Used 34 times across 10 books
Definition
1) to smelt, refine, test
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to smelt, refine
1a2) to test
1a3) to test (and prove true)
1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be refined
1c) (Piel) to be a refiner
1c1) refiner (participle)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to smelt, refine
1a2) to test
1a3) to test (and prove true)
1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be refined
1c) (Piel) to be a refiner
1c1) refiner (participle)
Where it appears
Judges2
2 Samuel1
Nehemiah2
Psalms9
Proverbs2
Isaiah6
Jeremiah6
Daniel2
Zechariah2
Malachi2
In the text
Judges 7:4And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.Judges 17:4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.Nehemiah 3:8Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.Psalms 12:7Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.Psalms 18:31For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?Psalms 26:2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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