H6884 צָרַף
tsâraph — to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Occurs 33 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- צָרַף vb. smelt, refine, test
- Qal
- 1 smelt, refine
- 2 test
- 3 test (and prove true)
- 4 as n. smelter, refiner
- Niph. many shall be refined
- Pi. as n. a refiner
Where it occurs
- Judges 7:4 — The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you…
- Judges 17:4 — When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith…
- 2 Samuel 22:31 — As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- Isaiah 1:25 — I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
- Isaiah 40:19 — A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
- Isaiah 41:7 — So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying…
- Isaiah 46:6 — Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They…
- Isaiah 48:10 — Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
- Jeremiah 6:29 — The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not…
- Jeremiah 9:6 — Therefore the LORD of Hosts says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of…