צָרַף tsaraph

Hebrew word for “to refine” · Strong’s H6884 · used 33 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) to smelt, refine, test;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsaraph in context, with how often each is used:

• metalsmith 7
• refined 4
• goldsmiths 2
• have refined 2
• refine 2
• may test 1
• silversmith 1
• have tested 1
• test ! 1
• tested 1
• has been refined 1
• may refine 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 3 (2), Jeremiah 10 (2), Malachi 3 (2), Judges 7 (1), Judges 17 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Psalms 12 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 26 (1)

Forms

• צרופה 4
• צורף 4
• צרף 3
• צרוף 2
• כצרף 2
• מצרף 2
• ואצרפנו 1
• לצורף 1
• צורפים 1
• הצרפים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsaraph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 10
• אִמְרָה imrah “word” 6
• בָּחַן bachan “to test” 5
• פֶּסֶל pesel “idol” 4
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 5
• חָרָשׁ charash “artificer” 3
• חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 3
• מָגֵן magen “shield” 3
• זָקַק zaqaq “to refine” 2
• סִיג sig “dross” 2
• לָבֵן laven “to whiten” 2
• רָקַע raqa “to beat” 2

Key verses

The verses using tsaraph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Psalms 66:10 — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
• Proverbs 30:5 — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
• Isaiah 1:25 — And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
• Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
• Isaiah 46:6 — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
• Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
• Daniel 11:35 — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time…
• Daniel 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
• Malachi 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
• Malachi 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.