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Lexicon :: Strong's H6884 - ṣārap̄

Aa
צָרַף
Transliteration
ṣārap̄
Pronunciation
tsaw-raf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6884 matches the Hebrew צָרַף (ṣārap̄),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4 - Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
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