Tsaraph means “cast” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6884 צָּרַף (tsaraph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tsaraph (tsaw-raf') v. 1. to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include founder, try, pure, goldsmiths, and goldsmith. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tsaraph (tsaw-raf') v. 1. to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: cast, (re-)fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
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to refine
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tsaraph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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29 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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 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.
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.
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.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6884.
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 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.
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.
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.
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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 shall not transgress.
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.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, 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.
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 worship.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
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?
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.
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 breath in them.
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 breath in them.
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 yet for a time appointed.
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 shall understand.
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.
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:
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 may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
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Tsaraph (Strong's H6884) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cast". tsaraph (tsaw-raf') v. 1. to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H6884 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6884 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as founder, try, pure, goldsmiths, goldsmith, and away. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
