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Lexicon :: Strong's H6884 - ṣārap̄

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צָרַף
Transliteration
ṣārap̄
Pronunciation
tsaw-raf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1972

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַף tsâraph, tsaw-raf'; a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively):—cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H6884 in the following manner: try (11x), founder (5x), goldsmith (5x), refine (3x), refiner (2x), melt (2x), pure (2x), purge away (1x), casteth (1x), finer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H6884 in the following manner: try (11x), founder (5x), goldsmith (5x), refine (3x), refiner (2x), melt (2x), pure (2x), purge away (1x), casteth (1x), finer (1x).

  1. to smelt, refine, test

    1. (Qal)

      1. to smelt, refine

      2. to test

      3. to test (and prove true)

      4. smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be refined

    3. (Piel) to be a refiner

      1. refiner (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַף tsâraph, tsaw-raf'; a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively):—cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
STRONGS H6884: Abbreviations
† צָרַף verb smelt, refine, test (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מצרף smelter; Assyrian ṣurrupu, refined, ṣarpu, silver, naṣraptu, crucible; Arabic bdb086401 is pure, unmixed (especially of wine); **compare bdb112704 pure silver, etc., SchulthGGA, 1902, 673; also ZimGGA, 1899, 250; KAT 3, 650 (Hebrew, etc., borrowed from Assyrian); very doubtful is Sabean צרף silver, money, compare MordtmHim. Inschr. pp. 14, 29 CISiv, No. 291, 1.1); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צ׳ Jeremiah 6:29, suffix צְרָפָ֑תְהוּ Psalm 105:19; 2nd person masculine singular suffix צְרַפְתָּנִי Psalm 17:3, etc.; Imperfect 1st person singular אֶצְרֹף Isaiah 1:25, suffix אֶצְרְפֶנּוּ Judges 7:4; Imperative masculine singular צרופה Psalm 26:2 Kt, צָרְפָה Qr; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺף Jeremiah 6:29; construct לִצְרוֺף Daniel 11:35, etc.; Participle active suffix צוֺרְכָּם Jeremiah 9:6, etc.; pass. צָרוּף Psalm 12:7, etc.; —
1. smelt, refine: Jeremiah 6:29 (twice in verse) in vain hath he smelted continually (infinitive absolute; figurative of purifying people); so smelt away Isaiah 1:25 (accusative of dross; figurative); of silver Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10, כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל Psalm 12:7 (all simile); of אִמְרַת י׳ Psalm 18:31 = 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 119:140; Proverbs 30:5 (אִמְרַת אֱלוֺהַּ); refine (men, by trials) Daniel 11:35 (+ לִבָרֵר, לַלְבֵּן).
2. test Judges 7:4 I will test them (the warriors) for thee (י׳ subject); — perhaps also Judges 7:3 (see I. צפר); more generally, of י׳'s testing, trying (the hearts of) men (often || בָּחַן) Jeremiah 9:6; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 26:2; Psalm 66:10.
3. test (and prove true) a man (subject י׳'s saying) Psalm 105:19.
4. Participle active as noun smelter, refiner, hence = goldsmith Judges 17:4; Jeremiah 10:9, 14; Jeremiah 51:17; Isaiah 40:19 (twice in verse) (but perhaps strike out Isaiah 40:19b, compare Du Che Marti), Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:6; Proverbs 25:4; as a guild Nehemiah 3:8, 32.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִצָּֽרְפוּ Daniel 12:10 many shall be refined (by suffering; + יִתְבָּֽרְרוּ, יִתְלַבְּנוּ).
Pi. Participle מְצָרֵף as noun a refiner, כְּאֵשׁ מ׳ Malachi 3:2 (simile of י׳), compare מְ׳ alone Malachi 3:3 (+ מְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

7:3; 7:4; 7:4; 17:4

2 Samuel

22:31

Nehemiah

3:8; 3:32

Psalms

12:7; 12:7; 17:3; 18:31; 26:2; 26:2; 66:10; 66:10; 105:19; 105:19; 119:140

Proverbs

25:4; 30:5

Isaiah

1:25; 1:25; 40:19; 40:19; 41:7; 46:6; 48:10

Jeremiah

6:29; 6:29; 6:29; 9:6; 9:6; 10:9; 10:14; 51:17

Daniel

11:35; 11:35; 12:10

Zechariah

13:9; 13:9

Malachi

3:2; 3:3

H6884

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Strong's Number H6884 matches the Hebrew צָרַף (ṣārap̄),
which occurs 33 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4 - And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for thee: and it shall come to pass that of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall go with thee, even he shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall not go with thee, even he shall not go with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave [fn]them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - And next to him Oziel the son of Arachias of the smiths, carried on the repairs: and next to them Ananias the son of one of the apothecaries repaired, and they finished Jerusalem to the broad wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between that and the sheep-gate the smiths and chapmen repaired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - (LXX 11:7) The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in [fn]a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - (LXX 16:3) Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - (LXX 17:31) As for my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - (LXX 25:2) Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - (LXX 65:10) For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - (LXX 104:19) until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - (LXX 118:140) Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee [fn]completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, and made it a similitude?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make [fn]idols, and bow down, and worship them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Behold, I have sold thee, but not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - (LXX 9:6) Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - it is forged silver brought from Tharsis, gold will come from Mophaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - (LXX 28:17) Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images: for they have cast false gods, there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test them, and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter is yet for a set time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - And who will [fn]abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of [fn]fullers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and [fn]refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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