The meaning of “צָרַף”
Understanding tsâraph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try. - to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or fig...
צָרַף
cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try. - to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively) 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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 17:4 | “Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.” Word: צָרַף (tsâraph) | |
| Nehemiah 3:32 | “And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. ” Word: צָרַף (tsâraph) | |
| Proverbs 30:5 | “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” Word: צָרַף (tsâraph) | |
| Jeremiah 10:9 | “Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.” Word: צָרַף (tsâraph) | |
| 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, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. ” Word: צָרַף (tsâraph) |
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