Lexicon :: Strong's H3800 - keṯem

כֶּתֶם
Transliteration
keṯem
Pronunciation
keh'-them
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From כָּתַם (H3799)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1057

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּתֶם kethem, keh'-them; from H3799; properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined):—((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3800 in the following manner: fine gold (4x), gold (2x), most (1x), golden wedge (1x), pure gold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3800 in the following manner: fine gold (4x), gold (2x), most (1x), golden wedge (1x), pure gold (1x).
  1. gold, pure gold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּתֶם kethem, keh'-them; from H3799; properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined):—((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
STRONGS H3800: Abbreviations
כֶּ֫תֶם noun masculineLamentations 4:1 gold, in poetry and late (perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Phoenician has proper name, masculine כתם; Sabean כתם HalEt. Sab. 190; kaθȧmā as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi80f.); — כ׳ absolute Job 28:19 3 times, כָּ֑תֶם Proverbs 25:12; construct כֶּתֶם Isaiah 13:12 3 times; — אוֺפִיר כ׳ Isaiah 13:12 gold of Ophir (|| פָּ֑ז), so Job 28:16; Psalm 45:10; אוּפָ֑ז כ׳ Daniel 10:5 (read perhaps אוֺפִיר for אוּפָז which see); כ׳ alone Job 31:24 (|| ׅזָהָב), חֲלִי־כ׳ Proverbs 25:12 ornament of gold ( || נֶזֶם זָהָב), פָּ֑ז כ׳ Songs 5:11; טָהוֺר כ׳ Job 28:19; הַטּוֺב הַכּ׳ Lamentations 4:1 || זָהָב.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

28:16; 28:19; 28:19; 31:24

Psalms

45:10

Proverbs

25:12; 25:12

Song of Songs

5:11

Isaiah

13:12; 13:12

Lamentations

4:1; 4:1

Daniel

10:5