{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6884",
  "lemma": "צָרַף",
  "transliteration": "tsâraph",
  "definition": "to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)",
  "kjv": "cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.",
  "occurrences": 33,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 7:4",
      "text": "The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/7?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:4",
      "text": "When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:31",
      "text": "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.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 1:25",
      "text": "I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/1?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:19",
      "text": "A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 41:7",
      "text": "So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/41?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 46:6",
      "text": "Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 48:10",
      "text": "Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/48?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 6:29",
      "text": "The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 9:6",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD of Hosts says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=6"
    }
  ],
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