Hebrew verb · H2212
זָקַק
zaqaqzaw-kak'
to refine
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zâqaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2212is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2212
to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify
The King James renders it: fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zaqaq is rendered "to refine". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 28:18the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 28:18מְזֻקָּ֖ק
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- purified3
- and he will refine1
- people refine1
- refined1
- they refine1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| זָקַף | zaqaph | to raise | Uses2 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְזִקַּ֣ק1
- יָזֹ֖קּוּ1
- יָזֹֽקּוּ׃1
- מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק1
- מְזֻקָּ֖ק1
- מְזֻקָּ֔ק1
- מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular3HVPsmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural1HVPsmpa
1 Chronicles
two uses
the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- מְזֻקָּ֖קmezukakverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: purified
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
- מְזֻקָּ֔קmezukakverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: purified
Job
two uses
“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
- יָזֹֽקּוּ׃yazokuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people refine
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
- יָזֹ֖קּוּyazokuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they refine
Psalms
one use
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- מְ֝זֻקָּ֗קmezukakverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: purified
Isaiah
one use
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃mezukakimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: refined
Malachi
one use
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
- וְזִקַּ֣קvezikakHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will refine
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.