2212. zaqaq

Strong's Concordance

zaqaq: to refine, purify

Original Word: זָקַק
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zaqaq
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-kak')
Definition: to refine, purify

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to refine, purify
NASB Translation
distill (1), refine (2), refined (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [זָקַק] verb refine, purify **perhaps properly strain or filter through, compare Job 36:27; Isaiah 25:6. (Aramaic זְקַק; perhaps kindred with Assyrian za‡i‡u, wind, Asrb^{Annals vi. 64 and} Aramaic , זִיקָּא violent wind, violent rain with whirlwind) —

Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יָזֹ֫קּוּ Job 28:1 object זָהָב, Job 36:27 object מָטָר (see Di).

Pi`el Perfect וְזִקַּק consecutive Malachi 3:3 ("" וְטִהַר) figurative, of purifying sons of Levi, like gold and silver כְּזָהָב etc.

Pu`al Participle מְזֻקָּק refined, of gold 1 Chronicles 28:18, of silver 1 Chronicles 29:4: Psalm 12:7 (שׁבעתים ׳מ); of settled wines שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִים Isaiah 25:6.

II. זקק (Late Hebrew זָקַק bind, fetter, Aramaic זְקַק id.; compare (perhaps from idea of restraint) Arabic , Aramaic , זִיקָּא, זִיקוּקָא, Ethiopic all = (wine-) skin, etc.; also Late Hebrew זִיקָה, obligation; Aramaic ring).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine

A primitive root; to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify -- fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.

Forms and Transliterations

וְזִקַּ֣ק וזקק יָזֹ֖קּוּ יָזֹֽקּוּ׃ יזקו יזקו׃ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק מְזֻקָּ֔ק מְזֻקָּ֖ק מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃ מזקק מזקקים׃ mə·zuq·qā·qîm mə·zuq·qāq mezukKak mezukkaKim məzuqqāq məzuqqāqîm vezikKak wə·ziq·qaq wəziqqaq yā·zōq·qū yaZokku yāzōqqū

Englishman's Concordance

1 Chronicles 28:18
HEB: הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת זָהָ֥ב מְזֻקָּ֖ק בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל וּלְתַבְנִ֣ית
NAS: of incense refined gold
KJV: of incense refined gold
INT: of incense gold refined weight the model

1 Chronicles 29:4
HEB: כִּכַּר־ כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מְזֻקָּ֔ק לָט֖וּחַ קִיר֥וֹת
NAS: talents of refined silver,
KJV: talents of refined silver,
INT: talents silver of refined to overlay the walls

Job 28:1
HEB: וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃
NAS: And a place where they refine gold.
KJV: for gold [where] they fine [it].
INT: place gold refine

Job 36:27
HEB: נִטְפֵי־ מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃
NAS: of water, They distill rain
KJV: of water: they pour down rain
INT: the drops of water distill rain the mist

Psalm 12:6
HEB: בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃
NAS: on the earth, refined seven times.
KJV: of earth, purified seven times.
INT: A furnace the earth refined seven

Isaiah 25:6
HEB: מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃
NAS: pieces with marrow, [And] refined, aged wine.
KJV: of wines on the lees well refined.
INT: marrow wine refined

Malachi 3:3
HEB: בְּנֵֽי־ לֵוִי֙ וְזִקַּ֣ק אֹתָ֔ם כַּזָּהָ֖ב
NAS: of Levi and refine them like gold
KJV: of Levi, and purge them as gold
INT: the sons of Levi and refine gold and silver

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2212
7 Occurrences

mə·zuq·qāq — 3 Occ.
mə·zuq·qā·qîm — 1 Occ.
wə·ziq·qaq — 1 Occ.
yā·zōq·qū — 2 Occ.