צָרַף (ṣārap) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning smelt. It appears
34 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6884).
Also rendered
to refine
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1972)
Root family 1972: צָרַףṣārap — smelt, refine, test. (ASV and RSV sometimes identical, others varied; both also “goldsmith,” “refine,” “try”; ASV also “founder,” “purge”; Rsv also “silversmith,” “cast,” “smelt,” “prove true.”)