Strong’s H3800 · Hebrew
כֶּתֶם
kethem · keh'-them
Origin from כָּתַם (H3799);
Meaning properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
In the King James Version ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
In 9 verses of the King James Version
- 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 Songs 5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
- Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
- Lamentations 4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
- Daniel 10:5Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.