TBESH · H2091
זָהָב · za.hav · gold
1) gold 1a) as precious metal 1b) as a measure of weight 1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: de.hav (דְּהַב "gold" H1722)
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זָהָב (za.hav) means “gold” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: zaw-hawb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
זָהָב · za.hav · gold
1) gold 1a) as precious metal 1b) as a measure of weight 1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: de.hav (דְּהַב "gold" H1722)
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from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV glosses: gold(-en), fair weather.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| gold | 126 |
| of gold | 53 |
| and gold | 50 |
| with gold | 37 |
| the gold | 34 |
| in gold | 9 |
| a gold | 8 |
| of the gold | 5 |
| for gold | 4 |
| the golden | 4 |
| and the gold | 3 |
| their gold | 3 |
| like gold | 2 |
| or gold | 2 |
| pure gold | 2 |
| were gold | 2 |
| a solid gold | 1 |
| along with gold | 1 |
| and its gold | 1 |
| and my gold | 1 |
| and the gold is | 1 |
| and the golden | 1 |
| and their | 1 |
| and their gold | 1 |
| as gold | 1 |
| containing the gold | 1 |
| embroidered with gold | 1 |
| for the gold articles | 1 |
| for the gold work | 1 |
| golden | 1 |
| has gold | 1 |
| in golden splendor | 1 |
| like a gold | 1 |
| may gold | 1 |
| more than gold | 1 |
| of each gold | 1 |
| out of gold | 1 |
| shekels | 1 |
| than gold | 1 |
| the enemies had gold | 1 |
| the golden oil | 1 |
| the number of gold | 1 |
| the worship of the golden | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| was a gold | 1 |
| weight of the gold | 1 |
| where gold | 1 |
| who had gold | 1 |
| with hammered gold | 1 |
| your gold | 1 |
| yourself with gold | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of gold | 118 |
| gold | 96 |
| and gold | 29 |
| with gold | 16 |
| and the gold | 15 |
| golden | 15 |
| the golden | 12 |
| them with gold | 9 |
| the gold | 6 |
| a golden | 5 |
| in gold | 5 |
| all the gold | 4 |
| and their gold | 4 |
| and with gold | 4 |
| for gold | 4 |
| and thy gold | 3 |
| of the gold | 3 |
| and all the gold | 2 |
| and of gold | 2 |
| and the golden | 2 |
| as gold | 2 |
| or gold | 2 |
| them as gold | 2 |
| a gold | 1 |
| above gold | 1 |
| and for gold | 1 |
| and for my gold | 1 |
| and for the golden | 1 |
| and in gold | 1 |
| and my gold | 1 |
| and upon the golden | 1 |
| even the gold | 1 |
| fair weather | 1 |
| for they had golden | 1 |
| from thence gold | 1 |
| how is the gold | 1 |
| it over with gold | 1 |
| it with gold | 1 |
| mine and the gold | 1 |
| nor gold | 1 |
| nor their gold | 1 |
| of my gold | 1 |
| of the golden | 1 |
| of them gold | 1 |
| only the gold | 1 |
| or the golden | 1 |
| over with gold | 1 |
| than gold | 1 |
| that had gold | 1 |
| thereof with gold | 1 |
| unto them whosoever hath any gold | 1 |
| with you golden | 1 |
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Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
Read word by wordthe lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
Read word by wordthe pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
Read word by wordSo all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordKing Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
Read word by wordAnd Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
Read word by wordThey sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
Read word by wordShe arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
Read word by wordThen she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Read word by word(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
Read word by wordThe weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
Read word by wordKing Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
Read word by wordHe also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Read word by wordAdditionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Read word by wordAll King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
Read word by wordFor the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Read word by wordYear after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
Read word by wordAfter seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Read word by wordHe seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Read word by wordAnd he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
Read word by wordSo Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
Read word by word“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
Read word by wordsaying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”
Read word by wordThe messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
Read word by wordThen the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
Read word by wordJehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.49
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
Read word by wordWhen the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
Read word by wordbut he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Read word by wordHowever, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.14
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.19
He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
Read word by wordAhaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
Read word by wordSo Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Read word by wordAnd Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Read word by wordAnd Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Read word by wordSo Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
Read word by wordAs the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Read word by wordThe captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
Read word by wordAnd David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordhe sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
Read word by wordand King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
Read word by wordThen David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
Read word by wordSo David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
Read word by wordNow behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
Read word by wordin gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Read word by wordthe weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;
Read word by wordthe weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
Read word by wordthe weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
Read word by wordthe weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
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