# H6884 צָרַף

צָרַף (tsâraph), Strong’s H6884: to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively) KJV: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.. Occurs 33 times.

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*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.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/1?v=25) — I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
- [Isaiah 40:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=19) — A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
- [Isaiah 41:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/41?v=7) — So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying…
- [Isaiah 46:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/48?v=10) — Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
- [Jeremiah 6:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=6) — Therefore the LORD of Hosts says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of…