Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2212: זָקַק

zâqaq · pronounced zaw-kak' · “to refine”

Definition

to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify

KJV translates it as: fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to purify, distil, strain, refine
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to purify, distil, strain
1a2) to refine
1b) (Piel) to purge, refine
1c) (Pual) to refine, purify

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2212 is translated

  • purified ×3
  • which people refine ×1
  • they refine ×1
  • refined ×1
  • he will refine ×1

Bible verses with H2212 (zâqaq)

Zâqaq appears in 7 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:18

    And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:4

    Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

  • Job 28:1

    Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

  • Job 36:27

    For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

  • Psalms 12:6

    The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  • Isaiah 25:6

    And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

  • 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 may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.