Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3800
כֶּתֶם
kethemkeh'-them
gold
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3800is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3800
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
The King James renders it: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kethem is rendered "gold". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Job 28:16בְּכֶ֣תֶם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in gold of2
- and to the pure gold1
- gold of1
- in gold1
- more than gold of1
- pure gold1
- the gold1
- with gold of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֶּתֶר | kether | crown | Uses3 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּכֶ֣תֶם2
- בְּכֶ֥תֶם2
- הַכֶּ֣תֶם1
- וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם1
- כֶּ֣תֶם1
- כָ֑תֶם1
- מִכֶּ֥תֶם1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Job
three uses
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- בְּכֶ֣תֶםbekhetempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in gold of
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
- בְּכֶ֥תֶםbekhetempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in gold
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶםvelaketemconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the pure gold
Psalms
one use
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
- בְּכֶ֣תֶםbekhetempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in gold of
Proverbs
one use
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- כָ֑תֶםkhatemnoun · masculine singulartagged: pure gold
Song of Solomon
one use
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
- כֶּ֣תֶםketemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: gold of
Isaiah
one use
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
- מִכֶּ֥תֶםmiketempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than gold of
Lamentations
one use
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
- הַכֶּ֣תֶםhaketemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the gold
Daniel
one use
I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- בְּכֶ֥תֶםbekhetempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with gold of
The letters
Gematria 460· 1,020 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.