Usually translated as
founder, goldsmith, try, pure, refine, melt, cast, fine, finer, purge away
Occurrences
Tsâraph occurs 33 times in 29 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (7), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (5), Daniel (2), Zechariah (1), Malachi (2)
- Judges 7:4 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try (וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ) them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
- 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 (לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף), who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
- 2 Samuel 22:31 — As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried (צְרוּפָ֔ה): he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
- Nehemiah 3:8 — Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths (צֽוֹרְפִ֔ים). Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
- Nehemiah 3:32 — And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths (הַצֹּרְפִ֖ים) and the merchants.
- Psalms 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried (צָ֭רוּף) in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- Psalms 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried (צְרַפְתַּ֥נִי) me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Psalms 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried (צְרוּפָ֑ה): he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
- Psalms 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try (צָרְפָ֖ה) my reins and my heart.
- Psalms 66:10 — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried (צְ֝רַפְתָּ֗נוּ) us, as silver is tried.
- Psalms 66:10 — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried (כִּצְרָף).
- Psalms 105:19 — Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried (צְרָפָֽתְהוּ) him.
- Psalms 119:140 — Thy word is very pure (צְרוּפָ֖ה): therefore thy servant loveth it.
- Proverbs 25:4 — Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for (לַצֹּרֵ֣ף) the finer.
- Proverbs 30:5 — Every word of God is pure (צְרוּפָ֑ה): 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 (וְאֶצְרֹ֥ף) thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith (וְצֹרֵ֖ף) spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth (צוֹרֵֽף) silver chains.
- Isaiah 41:7 — So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith (צֹרֵ֔ף), and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
- Isaiah 46:6 — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith (צוֹרֵף֙); and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Isaiah 48:10 — Behold, I have refined (צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ) thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
- Jeremiah 6:29 — The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder (צָרַ֣ף) melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Jeremiah 6:29 — The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth (צָר֔וֹף) in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Jeremiah 9:7 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt (צוֹרְפָ֖ם) them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
- 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 (צוֹרֵ֑ף): blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder (צוֹרֵ֖ף) is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Jeremiah 51:17 — Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder (צֹרֵ֖ף) 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 (לִצְר֥וֹף) them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
- Daniel 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried (וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙); 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 (וּצְרַפְתִּים֙) 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.
- Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined (כִּצְרֹ֣ף), 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.
- 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 (מְצָרֵ֔ף) fire, and like fullers’ soap:
- Malachi 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner (מְצָרֵ֤ף) 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.