Definition

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• cast
• (re-) fine(-er)
• founder
• goldsmith
• melt
• pure
• purge away
• try

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.