צָרַף (tsa.raph) means “to refine” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: tsaw-raf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
צָרַף · tsa.raph · to refine
1) to smelt, refine, test 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smelt, refine 1a2) to test 1a3) to test (and prove true) 1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be refined 1c) (Piel) to be a refiner 1c1) refiner (participle)
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a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is flawless | 3 |
| goldsmith | 2 |
| i will refine them | 2 |
| a goldsmith | 1 |
| and a metalworker | 1 |
| and fits with | 1 |
| and i will sift them | 1 |
| and refined | 1 |
| as a refiner | 1 |
| examine | 1 |
| for a silversmith | 1 |
| i have refined you | 1 |
| i will thoroughly purge | 1 |
| of a goldsmith | 1 |
| one of the goldsmiths | 1 |
| proved him right | 1 |
| pure | 1 |
| refined | 1 |
| so that they may be refined | 1 |
| the goldsmith | 1 |
| the goldsmiths | 1 |
| the refining proceeds | 1 |
| to a silversmith | 1 |
| will be like a refiners | 1 |
| you have refined us | 1 |
| you have tested me | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| tried | 3 |
| every founder | 2 |
| is tried | 2 |
| pure | 2 |
| a goldsmith | 1 |
| a refiner | 1 |
| and casteth | 1 |
| and i will try | 1 |
| and the goldsmith | 1 |
| and tried | 1 |
| and will refine | 1 |
| behold i have refined | 1 |
| behold i will melt | 1 |
| for the finer | 1 |
| is refined | 1 |
| like a refiners | 1 |
| me try | 1 |
| melteth | 1 |
| of the founder | 1 |
| of the goldsmiths | 1 |
| purge away | 1 |
| the founder | 1 |
| the goldsmith | 1 |
| the goldsmiths | 1 |
| them to the founder | 1 |
| thou hast tried | 1 |
| to try | 1 |
| us thou hast tried | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 29 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
Read word by wordSo he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
Read word by wordAs for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Read word by wordNext to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. And next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Read word by wordAnd between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
Read word by wordThe words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.7
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Read word by wordAs for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.31
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
Read word by wordFor You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Read word by worduntil his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
Read word by wordYour promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Read word by wordRemove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Read word by wordEvery word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Read word by wordI will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
Read word by wordTo an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Read word by wordThe craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
Read word by wordThey pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Read word by wordSee, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Read word by wordThe bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.6
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
Read word by wordEvery man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read word by wordEvery man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read word by wordSome of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
Read word by wordMany will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
Read word by wordThis third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Read word by wordBut who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Read word by wordAnd He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
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