Gold
דְּהַבStrong’s H2091dehav (de-hav)
Appears in 336 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dehav is the Hebrew word usually translated “gold” and “gold of”. It appears in 336 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”
Meaning
- Gold
How it's translated
- gold 275
- and gold 30
- the gold 24
- and the gold 9
- in gold 5
- gold of 4
- and with gold 4
- for gold 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 88
- 2 Chronicles 41
- 1 Kings 33
- Numbers 23
- 1 Chronicles 17
- 2 Kings 13
34 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:38In contextBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- Daniel 11:43In contextBut he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
- Zechariah 4:2In contextAnd said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
- Zechariah 4:12In contextAnd I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
- Zechariah 6:11In contextThen take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
- Zechariah 13:9In contextAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
All 336 verses, by book
- Exodus 88
- 3:2211:212:3520:2325:325:1125:1225:1325:1725:1825:2425:2525:2625:2825:2925:3125:3625:3825:3926:626:2926:3226:3728:528:628:828:1128:1328:1428:1528:2028:2228:2328:2428:2628:2728:3328:3428:3630:330:430:531:432:232:332:2432:3135:535:2235:3236:1336:3436:3636:3837:237:337:437:637:737:1137:1237:1337:1537:1637:1737:2237:2337:2437:2637:2737:2838:2439:239:339:539:639:839:1339:1539:1639:1739:1939:2039:2539:3039:3840:540:26
- Leviticus 1
- 8:9
- Numbers 23
- 4:117:147:207:267:327:387:447:507:567:627:687:747:807:847:868:422:1824:1331:2231:5031:5131:5231:54
- 1 Kings 33
- 6:206:216:226:286:306:326:357:487:497:507:519:119:149:2810:210:1010:1110:1410:1610:1710:1810:2110:2210:2512:2814:2615:1515:1815:1920:320:520:722:48
- 2 Chronicles 41
- 1:152:72:143:43:53:63:73:83:93:104:74:84:194:204:214:225:18:189:19:99:109:139:149:159:169:179:189:209:219:2412:913:813:1115:1816:216:321:324:1425:2432:2736:3
- Lamentations 1
- 4:1
- Joel 1
- 3:5
- Nahum 1
- 2:9
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:19
- Zephaniah 1
- 1:18
- Haggai 1
- 2:8
- Malachi 1
- 3:3
Hebrew dictionary
דְּהַב dehav · gold
gold Aramaic of za.hav (זָהָב "gold" H2091)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOLD, noun
- A precious metal of a bright yellow color, and the most ductile and malleable of all the metals.
- Money.
- Something pleasing or valuable; as a heart of gold
- A bright yellow color; as a flower edged with gold
All definitions and other forms of “gold”
- Riches; wealth.
GOLD, adjective
Made of gold; consisting of gold; as a gold chain.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.