Word

זָקַק

zâqaq · H2212 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to refine, to distil

Process by which some element is purged of less pure elements

Examples
Job 28:1 “Certainly there is a mine for silver And a place for refining gold.
Job 36:27 “For He draws up the drops of water; They distill rain from its celestial stream,
Malachi 3:3 “And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness.
refined, pure, well-strained

Process by which some element is purged of less pure elements

Examples
1 Chronicles 28:18 and for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:4 namely, three thousand talents of gold, from the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings;
Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words; Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: they 2
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מָטַרrain 1
הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for+ אֵדstreams (of water) 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

בָּרַר bârar · H1305 · to test, to select, to purge: Both denote purification—בָּרַר (bârar, H1305) "to cleanse, purify, purge," זָקַק (zâqaq, H2212) "to purify, refine, purge"—two distinct verbs expressing closely related acts of refining or cleansing.
טָהֵר ṭâhêr · H2891 · to become clean, to purify, to cleanse: Both denote purifying or cleansing actions; זָקַק (zâqaq, H2212) emphasizes refining or purging processes, especially metallurgical and ritual, while טָהֵר (ṭâhêr, H2891) is broader, covering ritual, moral, and physical cleansing—but the two overlap genuinely in the sense of purification.

In the other Testament 1 word

δόκιμος dókimos · G1384 · considered good, regarded as worthy, genuine: Greek δόκιμος emphasizes the resultant state of approval or acceptability after testing/refining, whereas Hebrew זָקַק focuses on the refining process itself; the Greek term is often used metaphorically for tested character or approved persons, while the Hebrew is more concretely metallurgical.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Clean002001001011: זָקַק denotes refining or purifying, as gold and silver are refined for use in the temple's construction.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2212. zaqaq I. [זָקַק] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through,…

H2212. zaqaq
I. [זָקַק] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through, compare Job 36:27; Isa 25:6. (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindred with Assyrian za‡i‡u, wind, AsrbAnnals vi. 64 and Aramaic , זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יָזֹ֫קּוּ Job 28:1 object זָהָב, Job 36:27 object מָטָר (see Di).
Pi`el Perfect וְזִקַּק consecutive Mal 3:3 (|| וְטִהַר) figurative, of purifying sons of Levi, like gold and silver כְּזָהָב etc.
Pu`al Participle מְזֻקָּק refined, of gold 1Ch 28:18, of silver 1Ch 29:4: Psa 12:7 (׳מ שׁבעתים); of settled wines מְזֻקָּקִים שְׁמָרִים Isa 25:6.
II. זקק (Late Hebrew זָקַק bind, fetter, Aramaic זְקַק id.; compare (perhaps from idea of restraint) Arabic , Aramaic , זִיקוּקָא זִיקָּא,, Ethiopic all = (wine-) skin, etc.; also Late Hebrew זִיקָה, obligation; Aramaic ring).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Clean7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0