צָרַף
tsâraph · tsaw-raf'
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To pursue the straight path of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָרַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is tried3 · 10%
- tried2 · 7%
- every founder2 · 7%
- and i will try1 · 3%
- them to the founder1 · 3%
- of the goldsmiths1 · 3%
- the goldsmiths1 · 3%
- thou hast tried1 · 3%
- me; try1 · 3%
- us: thou hast tried1 · 3%
- pure1 · 3%
- for the finer1 · 3%
- is pure1 · 3%
- purge away1 · 3%
- and the goldsmith1 · 3%
- and casteth1 · 3%
- the goldsmith1 · 3%
- a goldsmith1 · 3%
- behold, i have refined1 · 3%
- the founder1 · 3%
- melteth1 · 3%
- behold, i will melt1 · 3%
- of the founder1 · 3%
- to try1 · 3%
- and tried1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.