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foun´dẽr (from צרף , cāraph ): A worker in molten metal (Judges 17:4 , etc.). The word in the King James Version in Jeremiah 10:9 , Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17 is rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) "goldsmith," and in Jeremiah 6:29 by a paraphrase, "They go on refining." See REFINER; GOLDSMITH .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Founder'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​f/founder.html. 1915.
 
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