# צָרַף (tsaraf)

Israeli respelling: tsa-raf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6884. 29 Old Testament occurrences.

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

King James renderings: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsaraf-h6884

## Occurrences

- [Judges 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 them for thee there: and it shal…
- [Judges 17:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 thereo…
- [2 Samuel 22:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/31) — As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
- [Nehemiah 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/8) — Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecari…
- [Nehemiah 3:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/32) — And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- [Psalms 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/12/6) — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- [Psalms 17:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/17/3) — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth sha…
- [Psalms 18:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/30) — As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
- [Psalms 26:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/26/2) — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
- [Psalms 66:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/10) — For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- [Psalms 105:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/19) — Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
- [Psalms 119:140](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/140) — Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- [Proverbs 25:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/4) — Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
- [Proverbs 30:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/5) — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
- [Isaiah 1:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/25) — And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- [Isaiah 40:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/19) — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- [Isaiah 41:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/41/7) — So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sode…
- [Isaiah 46:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/6) — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they w…
- [Isaiah 48:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/10) — Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
- [Jeremiah 6:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/29) — The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- [Jeremiah 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/7) — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
- [Jeremiah 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/14) — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no…
- [Jeremiah 51:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/17) — Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no…
- [Daniel 11:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/35) — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is…
- [Daniel 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/10) — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise…
- [Zechariah 13:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Malachi 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 fire, and like fullers’ soap:
- [Malachi 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ma…