The meaning of “זָקַק”
Understanding zâqaq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine. - to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify 1) to purify, distil, strain, refin...
זָקַק
fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine. - to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify 1) to purify, distil, strain, refine 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to purify, distil, strain 1a2) to refine 1b) (Piel) to purge, refine 1c) (Pual) to refine, purify
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Chronicles 29:4 | “Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:” Word: זָקַק (zâqaq) | |
| Job 36:27 | “For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:” Word: זָקַק (zâqaq) | |
| Psalms 12:6 | “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” Word: זָקַק (zâqaq) | |
| Isaiah 25:6 | “And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.” Word: זָקַק (zâqaq) | |
| 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 Lord an offering in righteousness.” Word: זָקַק (zâqaq) |
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