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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
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 33 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Gideon, H1439 “The people H5971 are still H5750 too many; H7227 bring H3381 them down H3381 to the water H4325 and I will test H6884 them for you there. H8033 Therefore it shall be that he of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall go H1980 with you,’ he shall go H1980 with you; but everyone H3605 of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall not go H1980 with you,’ he shall not go.” H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So when he returned H7725 the silver H3701 to his mother, H517 his mother H517 took H3947 two hundred H3967 pieces of silver H3701 and gave H5414 them to the silversmith H6884 who made H6213 [fn]them into a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image, H4541 and [fn]they were in the house H1004 of Micah. H4321

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - “As for God, H410 His way H1870 is [fn]blameless; H8549
The word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tested; H6884
He is a shield H4043 to all H3605 who take H2620 refuge H2620 in Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next H5921 H3027 to him Uzziel H5816 the son H1121 of Harhaiah H2736 of the goldsmiths H6884 made H2388 repairs. H2388 And next H5921 H3027 to him Hananiah, H2608 one H1121 of the perfumers, H7546 made H2388 repairs, H2388 and they restored H5800 Jerusalem H3389 as far H5704 as the Broad H7342 Wall. H2346

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - Between H996 the upper H5944 room H5944 of the corner H6438 and the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179 the goldsmiths H6884 and the merchants H7402 carried H2388 out repairs. H2388

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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 on the earth, H776 refined H2212 seven H7659 times. H7659

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have tried H974 my heart; H3820
You have visited H6485 me by night; H3915
You have tested H6884 me and You find H4672 [fn]nothing; H1077
I have purposed H2161 that my mouth H6310 will not transgress. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - As for God, H410 His way H1870 is [fn]blameless; H8549
The word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tried; H6884
He is a shield H4043 to all H3605 who take H2620 refuge H2620 in Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine H974 me, O LORD, H3068 and try H5254 me;
Test H6884 my [fn]mind H3629 and my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For You have tried H974 us, O God; H430
You have refined H6884 us as silver H3701 is refined. H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Until H5704 the time H6256 that his word H1697 came H935 to pass, H935
The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 [fn]tested H6884 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Your [fn]word H565 is very H3966 [fn]pure, H6884
Therefore Your servant H5650 loves H157 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take H1898 away H1898 the dross H5509 from the silver, H3701
And there comes H3318 out a vessel H3627 for the smith; H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every H3605 word H565 of God H433 is tested; H6884
He is a shield H4043 to those who take H2620 refuge H2620 in Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - “I will also turn H7725 My hand H3027 against H5921 you,
And will smelt H6884 away your dross H5509 as with lye H1253
And will remove H5493 all H3605 your alloy. H913

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - As for the [fn]idol, H6459 a craftsman H2796 casts H5258 it,
A goldsmith H6884 plates H7554 it with gold, H2091
And a silversmith H6884 fashions chains H7577 of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - So the craftsman H2796 encourages H2388 the smelter, H6884
And he who smooths H2505 metal with the hammer H6360 encourages him who beats H1986 the anvil, H6471
Saying H559 of the soldering, H1694 “It is good”; H2896
And he fastens H2388 it with nails, H4548
So that it will not totter. H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - “Those who lavish H2107 gold H2091 from the purse H3599
And weigh H8254 silver H3701 on the scale H7070
Hire H7936 a goldsmith, H6884 and he makes H6213 it into a god; H410
They bow H5456 down, H5456 indeed H637 they worship H7812 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - “Behold, H2009 I have refined H6884 you, but not as silver; H3701
I have tested H977 you in the furnace H3564 of affliction. H6040

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows H4647 blow H2787 fiercely, H2787
The lead H5777 is consumed H8552 by the fire; H800
In vain H7723 the refining H6884 goes H6884 on,
But the wicked H7451 are not [fn]separated. H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
“Behold, H2009 I will refine H6884 them and assay H974 them;
For what H349 else can I do, H6213 because H4480 H6440 of the daughter H1323 of My people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Beaten H7554 silver H3701 is brought H935 from Tarshish, H8659
And gold H2091 from Uphaz, H210
The work H4639 of a craftsman H2796 and of the hands H3027 of a goldsmith; H6884
Violet H8504 and purple H713 are their clothing; H3830
They are all H3605 the work H4639 of skilled H2450 men. H2450

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Every H3605 man H120 is stupid, H1197 devoid H4480 of knowledge; H1847
Every H3605 goldsmith H6884 is put H954 to shame H954 by his [fn]idols; H6459
For his molten H5262 images H5262 are deceitful, H8267
And there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - All H3605 mankind H120 is stupid, H1197 devoid H4480 of knowledge; H1847
Every H3605 goldsmith H6884 is put H954 to shame H954 by his [fn]idols, H6459
For his molten H5262 images H5262 are deceitful, H8267
And there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - “Some H4480 of [fn]those who have H7919 insight H7919 will fall, H3782 in order to refine, H6884 purge H1305 and make H3835 them [fn]pure H3835 until H5704 the end H7093 time; H6256 because H3588 it is still H5750 to come at the appointed H4150 time. H4150

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - “Many H7227 will be purged, H1305 [fn]purified H3835 and refined, H6884 but the wicked H7563 will act H7561 wickedly; H7561 and none H3808 H3605 of the wicked H7563 will understand, H995 but [fn]those who have H7919 insight H7919 will understand. H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - “And I will bring H935 the third H7992 part H7992 through the fire, H784
Refine H6884 them as silver H3701 is refined, H6884
And test H974 them as gold H2091 is tested. H974
They will call H7121 on My name, H8034
And I will answer H6030 them;
I will say, H559 ‘They are My people,’ H5971
And they will say, H559 ‘The LORD H3068 is my God.’” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - “But who H4310 can endure H3557 the day H3117 of His coming? H935 And who H4310 can stand H5975 when He appears? H7200 For He is like a refiner’s H6884 fire H784 and like [fn]fullers’ H3526 soap. H1287

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - “He will sit H3427 as a smelter H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver, H3701 and He will purify H2891 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 and refine H2212 them like gold H2091 and silver, H3701 so that they may present H5066 to the LORD H3068 [fn]offerings H4503 in righteousness. H6666
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