Crucible
מַצְרֵףStrong’s H4715mitsreph (mits-reph)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mitsreph is the Hebrew word usually translated “crucible”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.”
Meaning
- Crucible
How it's translated
- a crucible 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מַצְרֵף mitsreph · crucible
crucible
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crucible” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRUCIBLE, noun
- A chemical vessel or melting pot, made of earth, and so tempered and baked, as to endure extreme heat without melting.
- A hollow place at the bottom of a chemical furnace.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.