Words the Bible translates as refine
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsaraphצָרַףto refine metal by fire: to melt down silver or gold and burn out its impurities, and by extension to test and prove something until only what is pure remains
- bararבָּרַרto sift out the good from the bad, leaving what is pure, clean, or choice
- zaqaqזָקַקto refine by drawing off what is impure: to bring gold, silver, wine, or water to a clean state by taking out of it whatever does not belong
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