Proverbs 25:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
English grammatical function word ('finer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent i...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('finer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are requ...
Study GRAM →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →Cross References
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Son 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.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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