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סִיג

sig · dross

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5509 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

sig (סִיג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dross”.

What is left over and thrown away when metals are melted and refined.

How to say it

sig

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The waste thrown away when refining metal.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Psalms 119:119

    As dross you have put an end to all the wicked of the earth; therefore I love your testimonies.

  • Proverbs 25:4

    Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel will come out for the refiner;

  • Proverbs 26:23

    Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware, are burning lips and an evil heart.

  • Isaiah 1:22

    Your silver has become dross, your liquor diluted with water.

  • Isaiah 1:25

    And I will turn my hand against you, and I will smelt away as with lye your dross, and I will remove all your tin.

  • Ezekiel 22:18

    “Son of man, the house of Israel has become to me dross; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; dross of silver they are.”

  • Ezekiel 22:19

    Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because all of you have become dross, therefore look, I am gathering you into the midst of Jerusalem.

And 1 more times.