Lexicon :: Strong's H6884 - ṣārap̄

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Therefore it shall be that he of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

“As for God, His way is blameless and perfect;

The word of the LORD is tested.

He is a shield to all those who take refuge and trust in Him.

The words and promises of the LORD are pure words,

Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

You have tried my heart;

You have visited me in the night;

You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];

I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

As for God, His way is [fn]blameless.

The word of the LORD is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Examine me, O LORD, and try me;

Test my heart and my mind.

For You have tested us, O God;

You have refined us as silver is refined.

Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,

The word of the LORD tested and refined him.

Your word is very pure (refined);

Therefore Your servant loves it.

Take away the dross from the silver,

And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape].

Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver];

He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him.

“And I will turn My hand against you,

And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye

And remove all your tin (impurity).

As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,

A goldsmith overlays it with gold

And a silversmith casts its silver chains.

So the craftsman encourages the goldsmith,

And he who smooths metal with the smith’s hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,

Saying of the soldering (welding), “That is good”;

And he fastens the idol with nails,

So that it will not totter nor be moved.

“Those who lavish gold from the bag

And weigh out silver on the scales

Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

They bow down, indeed they worship it.

“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as [fn]silver;

I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

The bellows blow fiercely,

The lead is consumed by the fire;

In vain they continue refining,

But the wicked are not separated and removed.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them [through suffering] and test them;

For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?

Silver that has been beaten [into plates] is brought from [fn]Tarshish,

And gold from [fn]Uphaz,

The work of the craftsman and of the hand of the goldsmith;

Violet and purple are their clothing;

They are all the work of skilled men.

Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];

Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;

For his molten images are frauds and lies,

And there is no breath in them.

Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God];

Every goldsmith is shamed by the cast images he has made;

For his molten idols are a lie,

And there is no breath [of life] or spirit in them.

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,

Refine them as silver is refined,

And test them as gold is tested.

They will call on My name,

And I will listen and answer them;

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”