1. refine, purify — A verb meaning to refine, purify, or distill, denoting the process of separating impurities from a substance through heating or filtering. In the Qal stem, used of refining metals (Job 28:1) and of clouds distilling water drops (Job 36:27). In the Piel, of God refining his people as a refiner purifies silver and gold (Mal 3:3). In the Pual participle (passive), describing refined gold prepared for the temple (1 Chr 28:18; 29:4), refined wine (Isa 25:6), and the pure words of the Lord compared to silver refined seven times (Ps 12:6). The semantic range spans literal metallurgical purification to metaphorical moral and spiritual refinement. 7×
AR["مُصَفًّى","مُصَفَّاةٍ","وَيُصَفِّيهِمْ","يُصَفّونَ"]·ben["এবং-তিনি-পরিশোধন-করবেন","তারা-পরিশোধিত-হয়","তারা-শোধন-করে","পরিশোধিত","বিশুদ্ধ","শোধিত"]·DE["[וזקק]","[יזקו]","[מזקק]","[מזקקים]","gereinigt"]·EN["and-refine","purified","refined","they-distill","they-refine"]·FR["[מזקק]","[מזקקים]","de-purifier","et-purifier","יזקו"]·heb["ו-זיקק","יזוקקו","יזקקו","מזוקק","מזוקקים","מזקק"]·HI["और-वह-तपाएगा","छानते-हैं","निर्मल","वे-शुद्ध-करते-हैं","शुद्ध-किए-हुए","शुद्ध-किया"]·ID["dan-memurnikan","dimurnikan","disaring","mereka menyuling","mereka-memurnikan","yang-disaring"]·IT["[וזקק]","[מזקק]","[מזקקים]","essi-distill","potifico'","they-refine"]·jav["dipun-saring","ingkang-dipun-saring","ingkang-dipuncithak","lan-nyaring","murni","piyambak-ipun-nyaring"]·KO["걸렀던","그것들이-증류한다","그리고-단련하리라","정제된","정제하는"]·PT["destilam","e-refinando-os","purificada","purificados","que-refinam.","refinada","refinado"]·RU["и-переплавит","очищают","очищенного","очищенное","очищенные","переплавленное"]·ES["destilan","purificada","refinada","refinado","refinados","refinan","y-los-refinará"]·SW["iliyochujwa","iliyosafishwa","na-atasafisha","wanaisafisha","yanachujwa"]·TR["arıtılmış","arıtırlar","saflaştırılmış","suzulmus","ve-saflaştıracak"]·urd["اور-وہ-صاف-کرے-گا","خالص","صاف کرتے ہیں","صاف-کی-ہوئی","وہ ٹپکتے ہیں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [זָקַק] vb. refine, purify (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindr. with Assyrian zaḳiḳu, wind, Asrb.Annals vi.64 and Aramaic ܙܺܝܩܳܐ, זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind)— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. יָזֹ֫קּוּ Jb 28:1 obj. זָהָב, 36:27 obj. מָטָר (v. Di). perhaps proposes 4, of gold 1 Ch 28:18, of silver 1 Ch 29:4: ψ 12:7 (מ׳ שׁבעתים); of settled wines שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִים Is 25:6.