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Strong H2091זָהָב

gold

Transliteration
zâhâb
Pronunciation
zaw-hawb'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From an unused root meaning to shimmer;
gold; figuratively something gold colored (that {is} {yellow }) as {oil} a clear sky: - gold ({-en}) fair weather.

Detailed definition

1) gold
1a) as precious metal
1b) as a measure of weight
1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.)
Aramaic equivalent: de.hav (דְּהַב "gold" H1722)

In the Bible

Strong H2091 appears in 336 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • gold301
  • golden36
  • have1
  • thereof1
  • weather1

First verses

  1. Genesis 2:11
    The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
  2. Genesis 2:12
    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
  3. Genesis 13:2
    And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
  4. Genesis 24:22
    And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
  5. Genesis 24:35
    And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
  6. Genesis 24:53
    And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
  7. Genesis 41:42
    And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
  8. Genesis 44:8
    Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
  9. Exodus 3:22
    But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
  10. Exodus 11:2
    Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
  11. Exodus 12:35
    And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
  12. Exodus 20:23
    Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
  13. Exodus 25:3
    And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
  14. Exodus 25:11
    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
  15. Exodus 25:12
    And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
  16. Exodus 25:13
    And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
  17. Exodus 25:17
    And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
  18. Exodus 25:18
    And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
  19. Exodus 25:24
    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
  20. Exodus 25:25
    And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
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