- Original: צרף - Transliteration: Tsaraph - Phonetic: tsaw-raf' - Definition: 1. to smelt, refine, test a. (Qal) 1. to smelt, refine 2. to test 3. to test (and prove true) 4. smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle) b. (Niphal) to be refined c. (Piel) to be a refiner 1. refiner (participle) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1972 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to fuse (metal) that is refine (literally or figuratively): - cast (re-) fine (-er) founder goldsmith melt pure purge away try. Total KJV Occurrences: 33 • away, 1 Isaiah 1:25 • casteth, 1 Isaiah 40:19 • founder, 5 Judges 17:4; Jeremiah 6:29; Jeremiah 10:9; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17 • goldsmith, 3 Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:6 • goldsmiths, 2 Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 3:32 • melt, 1 Jeremiah 9:7 • melteth, 1 Jeremiah 6:29 • pure, 2 Psalm 119:140; Proverbs 30:5 • refine, 1 Zechariah 13:9 • refined, 2 Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9 • refiner, 3 Proverbs 25:4; Malachi 3:2; Malachi 3:3 • tried, 8 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 12:6; Psalm 17:3; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 66:10(2); Psalm 105:19; Daniel 12:10 • try, 3 Judges 7:4; Psalm 26:2; Daniel 11:35