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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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FINE . The verb ‘to fine’ (mod. ‘refine’) is used in Job 28:1 ‘Surely there is a vein for silver, and a place for gold where they fine it’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘which they refine’). ‘Fining’ occurs in Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; and ‘finer’ in Proverbs 25:4 ‘a vessel for the finer’ (Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘refiner’). See Refiner.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Fine'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​f/fine.html. 1909.
 
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