Dross
סִיגStrong’s H5509sig
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sig is the Hebrew word usually translated “dross” and “dross your”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.”
Meaning
- A moving back or away
- Dross (usually of silver)
How it's translated
- dross 7
- dross your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 25:4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
- Proverbs 26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- Isaiah 1:22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
- Isaiah 1:25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- Ezekiel 22:18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 22:19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Hebrew dictionary
סִיג sig · dross
1) a moving back or away 2) dross (usually of silver)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dross” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DROSS, noun
[G.]
- The recrement or despumation of metals; the scum or extraneous matter of metals, thrown off in the process of melting.
- Rust; crust of metals; an incrustation formed on metals by oxydation.
- Waste matter; refuse; any worthless matter separated from the better part; impure matter.
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.