Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3800 - כֶּתֶם kethem (gold)

Original Word:	כֶּתֶם
Transliteration:	kethem
Definition:	gold
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(keh'-them)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

most fine, pure golden wedge

From katham; properly, something carved out, i.e. Ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined) -- ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).

see HEBREW katham

Englishman's Concordance

1) gold, pure gold
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3799
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1057

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כֶּ֫תֶםnoun masculine^{Lamentations 4:1}gold, in poetry and late (perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Phoenician has proper name, masculine כתם; Sabean כתם Hal^{Et. Sab. 190}; kaθam¹ as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi^80f.); — ׳כ absolute Job 28:19 3t., כָּ֑תֶםProverbs 25:12; construct כֶּתֶםIsaiah 13:12 3t.; — אוֺפִיר׳כIsaiah 13:12gold of Ophir ("" מָּ֑ז), so Job 28:16; Psalm 45:10; אוּפָ֑ז׳כDaniel 10:5 (read perhaps אוֺפִיר for אוּפָז q. v.); ׳כ alone Job 31:24ׅ "" (זָהָב׳חֲלִיכֿProverbs 25:12ornament of goldׅ "" (זָהָבנֶזֶםמָּ֑ז׳כSongs 5:11; טָהוֺר׳כJob 28:19; הַטּוֺב׳הַכּLamentations 4:1 "" זָהָב.

כתן (√ of following,=clothe? so Zehnpf^{BAS i, 532}, who derives therefrom Assyrian kitinnê, linen, cloth,=Arabic see also Aramaic כִּיתָּנָא and below)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3800. כָּ֫תֶם (kethem) — 9 Occurrences

Job 28:16
HEB:לֹֽא־ תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם
NAS: be valued in the gold of Ophir,
KJV: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
INT: cannot be valued the gold of Ophir onyx

Job 28:19
HEB:פִּטְדַת־ כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א
NAS: can it be valued in pure gold.
KJV: with pure gold.
INT: the topaz of Ethiopia gold pure Nor

Job 31:24
HEB:זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃
NAS: And called fine gold my trust,
KJV: or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
INT: gold my confidence fine and called my trust

Psalm 45:9
HEB:שֵׁגַ֥ל לִֽ֝ימִינְךָ֗ בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃
NAS: stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
KJV: did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
INT: the queen your right gold Ophir

Proverbs 25:12
HEB:זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־ כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם
NAS: and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise
KJV: and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise
INT: of gold and an ornament of fine reprover wise

Songs 5:11
HEB: רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙
NAS: His head is [like] gold, pure gold;
KJV: His head [is as] the most fine gold,
INT: his head is gold pure his locks

Isaiah 13:12
HEB:מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃
NAS: And mankind than the gold of Ophir.
KJV: even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
INT: pure and mankind the gold of Ophir

Lamentations 4:1
HEB:זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א הַכֶּ֣תֶם הַטּ֑וֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙
NAS: [How] the pure gold has changed!
KJV: [how] is the most fine gold changed!
INT: the gold has changed gold the pure are poured

Daniel 10:5
HEB:וּמָתְנָ֥יו חֲגֻרִ֖ים בְּכֶ֥תֶם אוּפָֽז׃
NAS: was girded with [a belt of] pure gold of Uphaz.
KJV: [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
INT: waist was girded pure of Uphaz

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