Limitless Word
זָקַקzâqaq/zaw-kak'/
HebrewH22127 occurrences (KJV)

to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify

KJV renders it: fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.

Where it appears

  • 1 Chr 28:18and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
  • 1 Chr 29:4even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
  • Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
  • Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
  • Ps 12:6Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
  • Isa 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
  • Mal 3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.