Lexicon :: Strong's H6884 - ṣārap̄

צָרַף

Transliteration

ṣārap̄

Pronunciation

tsaw-raf'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1972

Strong's Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6884: Abbreviations

† צָרַף verb smelt, refine, test (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מצרף smelter; Assyrian ṣurrupu, refined, ṣarpu, silver, naṣraptu, crucible; Arabic is pure, unmixed (especially of wine); **compare pure silver, etc., Schulth^{GGA, 1902, 673}; also Zim^{GGA, 1899, 250; KAT 3, 650} (Hebrew, etc., borrowed from Assyrian); very doubtful is Sabean צרף silver, money, compare Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. pp. 14, 29} CIS^{iv, 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).

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Jdg 7:4

Jdg 7:4 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Gideon,^H1439 The people^H5971 are yet too many;^H7227 bring them down^H3381 unto the water,^H4325 and I will try^H6884 them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say^H559 unto thee, This shall go^H3212 with thee, the same shall go^H3212 with thee; and of whomsoever I say^H559 unto thee, This shall not go^H3212 with thee, the same shall not go.^H3212

Jdg 17:4

Jdg 17:4 - Yet he restored^H7725 the money^H3701 unto his mother;^H517 and his mother^H517 took^H3947 two hundred^H3967 shekels of silver,^H3701 and gave^H5414 them to the founder,^H6884 who made^H6213 thereof a graven image^H6459 and a molten image:^H4541 and they were in the house^H1004 of Micah.^H4321

2Sa 22:31

2Sa 22:31 - As for God,^H410 his way^H1870 is perfect;^H8549 the word^H565 of the LORD^H3068 is tried:^H6884 he is a buckler^H4043 to all them that trust^H2620 in him.

Neh 3:8

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

Neh 3:32

Neh 3:32 - And between the going up^H5944 of the corner^H6438 unto the sheep^H6629 gate^H8179 repaired^H2388 the goldsmiths^H6884 and the merchants.^H7402

Psa 12:6

Psa 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

Psa 17:3

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

Psa 18:30

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

Psa 26:2

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

Psa 66:10

Psa 66:10 - For thou, O God,^H430 hast proved^H974 us: thou hast tried^H6884 us, as silver^H3701 is tried.^H6884

Psa 105:19

Psa 105:19 - Until the time^H6256 that his word^H1697 came:^H935 the word^H565 of the LORD^H3068 tried^H6884 him.

Psa 119:140

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

Pro 25:4

Pro 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

Pro 30:5

Pro 30:5 - Every word^H565 of God^H433 is pure:^H6884 he is a shield^H4043 unto them that put their trust^H2620 in him.

Isa 1:25

Isa 1:25 - And I will turn^H7725 my hand^H3027 upon thee, and purely^H1253 purge away^H6884 thy dross,^H5509 and take away^H5493 all thy tin:^H913

Isa 40:19

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

Isa 41:7

Isa 41:7 - So 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 is ready^H2896 for the sodering:^H1694 and he fastened^H2388 it with nails,^H4548 that it should not be moved.^H4131

Isa 46:6

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

Isa 48:10

Isa 48:10 - Behold, I have refined^H6884 thee, but not with silver;^H3701 I have chosen^H977 thee in the furnace^H3564 of affliction.^H6040

Jer 6:29

Jer 6:29 - The bellows^H4647 are burned,^H2787 the lead^H5777 is consumed^H8552 of the fire;^H800^H784 the founder^H6884 melteth^H6884 in vain:^H7723 for the wicked^H7451 are not plucked away.^H5423

Jer 9:7

Jer 9:7 - Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 Behold, I will melt^H6884 them, and try^H974 them; for how shall I do^H6213 for^H6440 the daughter^H1323 of my people?^H5971

Jer 10:9

Jer 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 are all the work^H4639 of cunning^H2450 men.

Jer 10:14

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

Jer 51:17

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

Dan 11:35

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

Dan 12:10

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

Zec 13:9

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

Mal 3:2

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

Mal 3:3

Mal 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 as gold^H2091 and silver,^H3701 that they may offer^H5066 unto the LORD^H3068 an offering^H4503 in righteousness.^H6666

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