Gold
כֶּ֫תֶםStrong’s H3800ketem (ke-tem)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ketem is the Hebrew word usually translated “gold of”, “gold” and “pure gold”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:”
Meaning
- Gold, pure gold
How it's translated
- in gold of 2
- in gold 1
- and to pure gold 1
- pure gold 1
- gold of 1
- more than gold of 1
- the gold 1
- with gold of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 3
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 1
- Lamentations 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
- Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Proverbs 25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Song of Solomon 5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Hebrew dictionary
כֶּ֫תֶם ketem · gold
gold, pure gold
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.