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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 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 Gideon, H1439 The people H5971 are yet H5750 too many; H7227 bring H3381➔ them H853 down ➔H3381 unto H413 the water, H4325 and I will try them H6884 for thee there: H8033 and it shall be, H1961 that of whom H834 I say H559 unto thee, H413 This H2088 shall go H3212 with thee, H854 the same H1931 shall go H3212 with thee; H854 and of whomsoever H3605 H834 I say H559 unto thee, H413 This H2088 shall H3212➔ not H3808 go ➔H3212 with thee, H5973 the same H1931 shall H3212➔ not H3808 go. ➔H3212

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - Yet he restored H7725 the money H3701 unto his mother; H517 and H3947➔ his mother H517 took ➔H3947 two hundred H3967 shekels of silver, H3701 and gave them H5414 to the founder, H6884 who made thereof H6213 a graven image H6459 and a molten image: H4541 and they were H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah. H4319

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, H410 his way H1870 is perfect; H8549 the word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tried: H6884 he H1931 is a buckler H4043 to all H3605 them that trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next H5921 unto him H3027 repaired H2388 Uzziel H5816 the son H1121 of Harhaiah, H2736 of the goldsmiths. H6884 Next H5921➔ unto him H3027 also ➔H5921 repaired H2388 Hananiah H2608 the son H1121 of H7546➔ one of the apothecaries, ➔H7546 and they fortified H5800 Jerusalem H3389 unto H5704 the H2346➔ broad H7342 wall. ➔H2346

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between H996 the going up H5944 of the corner H6438 unto H8179➔ the sheep H6629 gate ➔H8179 repaired H2388 the goldsmiths H6884 and the merchants. H7402

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words H565 of the LORD H3068 are pure H2889 words: H565 as silver H3701 tried H6884 in a furnace H5948 of earth, H776 purified H2212 seven times. H7659

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - Thou hast proved H974 mine heart; H3820 thou hast visited H6485 me in the night; H3915 thou hast tried me, H6884 and shalt find H4672 nothing; H1077 I am purposed H2161 that my mouth H6310 shall H5674➔ not H1077 transgress. ➔H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - As for God, H410 his way H1870 is perfect: H8549 the word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tried: H6884 he H1931 is a buckler H4043 to all H3605 those that trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine me, H974 O LORD, H3068 and prove me; H5254 try H6884 my reins H3629 and my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For H3588 thou, H974➔ O God, H430 hast proved us: ➔H974 thou hast tried us, H6884 as H6884➔ silver H3701 is tried. ➔ H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Until H5704 the time H6256 that H935➔ his word H1697 came: ➔H935 the word H565 of the LORD H3068 tried him. H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Thy word H565 is very H3966 pure: H6884 therefore thy servant H5650 loveth it. H157

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take away H1898 the dross H5509 from the silver, H3701 and there shall come forth H3318 a vessel H3627 for the finer. H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every H3605 word H565 of God H433 is pure: H6884 he H1931 is a shield H4043 unto them that put their trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - And I will turn H7725 my hand H3027 upon thee, H5921 and H6884➔ purely H1253 purge away ➔ H6884 thy dross, H5509 and take away H5493 all H3605 thy tin: H913

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The workman H2796 melteth H5258 a graven image, H6459 and the goldsmith H6884 spreadeth it over H7554 with gold, H2091 and H7577➔ casteth H6884 silver H3701 chains. ➔H7577

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - So H2388➔ the carpenter H2796 encouraged ➔H2388 the goldsmith, H6884 and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 him that smote H1986 the anvil, H6471 saying, H559 It H1931 is ready H2896 for the sodering: H1694 and he fastened it H2388 with nails, H4548 that it should H4131➔ not H3808 be moved. ➔H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They lavish H2107 gold H2091 out of the bag, H3599 and H3701➔ weigh H8254 silver ➔H3701 in the balance, H7070 and hire H7936 a goldsmith; H6884 and he maketh it H6213 a god: H410 they fall down, H5456 yea, H637 they worship. H7812

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Behold, H2009 I have refined thee, H6884 but not H3808 with silver; H3701 I have chosen thee H977 in the furnace H3564 of affliction. H6040

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows H4647 are burned, H2787 the lead H5777 is consumed H8552 of the fire; H784 the founder H6884 melteth H6884 in vain: H7723 for the wicked H7451 are H5423➔ not H3808 plucked away. ➔H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 Behold, I H2005 will melt them, H6884 and try them; H974 for H3588 how H349 shall I do H6213 for H6440 the daughter H1323 of my people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Silver H3701 spread into plates H7554 is brought H935 from Tarshish, H8659 and gold H2091 from Uphaz, H210 the work H4639 of the workman, H2796 and of the hands H3027 of the founder: H6884 blue H8504 and purple H713 is their clothing: H3830 they H3605➔ are all ➔H3605 the work H4639 of cunning H2450 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 in H1847➔ his knowledge: ➔H1847 every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image: H6459 for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood, H8267 and H3808➔ there is no ➔H3808 breath H7307 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 by H1847➔ his knowledge; ➔H1847 every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image: H6459 for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood, H8267 and H3808➔ there is no ➔H3808 breath H7307 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of H4480 them of understanding H7919 shall fall, H3782 to try H6884 them, and to purge, H1305 and to make them white, H3835 even to H5704 the time H6256 of the end: H7093 because H3588 it is yet H5750 for a time appointed. H4150

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - Many H7227 shall be purified, H1305 and made white, H3835 and tried; H6884 but H7561➔ the wicked H7563 shall do wickedly: ➔H7561 and none H3808 of the wicked H7563 shall understand; H995 but the wise H7919 shall understand. H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will bring H935 the third part H7992 through the fire, H784 and will refine them H6884 as H6884➔ silver H3701 is refined, ➔ H6884 and will try them H974 as H974➔ gold H2091 is tried: ➔H974 they H1931 shall call H7121 on my name, H8034 and I H589 will hear H6030 them: H853 I will say, H559 It H1931 is my people: H5971 and they H1931 shall say, H559 The LORD H3068 is my God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - But who H4310 may abide H3557 the day H3117 of his coming? H935 and who H4310 shall stand H5975 when he appeareth? H7200 for H3588 he H1931 is like a H784➔ refiner's H6884 fire, ➔H784 and like H1287➔ fullers' H3526 soap: ➔H1287

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - And he shall sit H3427 as a refiner H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver: H3701 and he shall purify H2891 the sons H1121 of Levi, H3878 and purge H2212 them H853 as gold H2091 and silver, H3701 that they may H1961 offer H5066 unto the LORD H3068 an offering H4503 in righteousness. H6666
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