זָקַקzâqaq
זָקַק: refine, purify
Pronunciation: zaw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2212
Meanings
Pu`al: refined (1 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Chronicles 29:4; Psalms 12:7)
זקק: bind, fetter, id.
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 He designated the amount of refined gold for the altar of incense. Finally, he gave him a plan for the Lord’s “chariot”—the gold cherubim whose wings were stretched out over the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 I am donating more than 112 tons of gold from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings
- Job 28:1 “People know where to mine silver and how to refine gold.
- Job 36:27 He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain.
- Psalms 12:6 The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
- Isaiah 25:6 In Jerusalem, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).