BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8597
tiph.a.rah — beauty
1) beauty, splendour, glory 1a) beauty, finery (of garments, jewels) 1b) glory 1b1) of rank, renown 1b2) as attribute of God 1c) honour (or nation Israel) 1d) glorying, boasting (of individual)
44 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6884
tsa.raph — to refine
1) to smelt, refine, test 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smelt, refine 1a2) to test 1a3) to test (and prove true) 1a4) smelter, refiner, goldsmith (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be refined 1c) (Piel) to be a refiner 1c1) refiner (participle)
29 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5730
e.den — delicacy
luxury, dainty, delight, finery
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6886
tsa.re.phat — Zarephath
Zarephath = "refinery" a city on the coast south of Sidon and the residence of Elijah during the last part of the drought; modern 'Sura-fend' Also named: Sarepta (Σάρεπτα "Zarephath" G4558)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9001
purōtēs — a refiner
a refiner
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9815
hōraismos — finery
finery
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A worker in silver and gold (Prov. 25:4). In Judg. 17:4 the word (tsoreph) is rendered “founder,” and in Isa. 41:7 “goldsmith.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
