Bible Dictionaries
Gold

From Easton: (1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Exodus 25:11; 1 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 3:5).

(2.) Heb. segor, from its compactness, or as being enclosed or treasured up; thus precious or "fine gold" (1 Kings 6:20; 1 Kings 7:49).

(3.) Heb. paz, native or pure gold (Job 28:17; Psalms 19:10; Psalms 21:3, etc.).

(4.) Heb. betzer, "ore of gold or silver" as dug out of the mine (Job 36:19, where it means simply riches).

(5.) Heb. kethem, i.e., something concealed or separated (Job 28:16, Job 28:19; Psalms 45:9; Proverbs 25:12). Rendered "golden wedge" in Isaiah 13:12.

(6.) Heb. haruts, i.e., dug out; poetic for gold (Proverbs 8:10; Proverbs 16:16; Zechariah 9:3).

Gold was known from the earliest times (Genesis 2:11). It was principally used for ornaments (Genesis 24:22). It was very abundant (1 Chronicles 22:14; Nahum 2:9; Daniel 3:1). Many tons of it were used in connection with the temple (2 Chronicles 1:15). It was found in Arabia, Sheba, and Ophir (1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:1; Job 28:16), but not in Palestine.

In Daniel 2:38, the Babylonian Empire is spoken of as a "head of gold" because of its great riches; and Babylon was called by Isaiah (Isaiah 14:4) the "golden city" (R.V. marg., "exactress," adopting the reading _marhebah_, instead of the usual word _madhebah_).

Verses:

• Genesis 2:11
• Genesis 2:12
• Genesis 13:2
• Genesis 24:22
• Genesis 24:35
• Genesis 24:53
• Genesis 41:42
• Genesis 44:8
• Exodus 3:22
• Exodus 11:2
• Exodus 12:35
• Exodus 20:23
• Exodus 25:3
• Exodus 25:11
• Exodus 25:12
• Exodus 25:13
• Exodus 25:17
• Exodus 25:18
• Exodus 25:19
• Exodus 25:24
• Exodus 25:25
• Exodus 25:26
• Exodus 25:28
• Exodus 25:29
• Exodus 25:31
• Exodus 25:36
• Exodus 25:38
• Exodus 25:39
• Exodus 26:6
• Exodus 26:29
• Exodus 26:32
• Exodus 26:37
• Exodus 28:5
• Exodus 28:6
• Exodus 28:8
• Exodus 28:11
• Exodus 28:13
• Exodus 28:14
• Exodus 28:15
• Exodus 28:20
• Exodus 28:22
• Exodus 28:23
• Exodus 28:24
• Exodus 28:26
• Exodus 28:27
• Exodus 28:33
• Exodus 28:34
• Exodus 28:36
• Exodus 30:3
• Exodus 30:4
• Exodus 30:5
• Exodus 31:4
• Exodus 31:8
• Exodus 32:2
• Exodus 32:3
• Exodus 32:4
• Exodus 32:24
• Exodus 32:31
• Exodus 35:5
• Exodus 35:22
• Exodus 35:32
• Exodus 36:13
• Exodus 36:34
• Exodus 36:36
• Exodus 36:38
• Exodus 37:2
• Exodus 37:3
• Exodus 37:4
• Exodus 37:6
• Exodus 37:7
• Exodus 37:8
• Exodus 37:11
• Exodus 37:12
• Exodus 37:13
• Exodus 37:15
• Exodus 37:16
• Exodus 37:17
• Exodus 37:22
• Exodus 37:23
• Exodus 37:24
• Exodus 37:26
• Exodus 37:27
• Exodus 37:28
• Exodus 38:24
• Exodus 39:2
• Exodus 39:3
• Exodus 39:5
• Exodus 39:6
• Exodus 39:8
• Exodus 39:13
• Exodus 39:15
• Exodus 39:16
• Exodus 39:17
• Exodus 39:19
• Exodus 39:20
• Exodus 39:25
• Exodus 39:30
• Exodus 39:37
• Exodus 39:38
• Exodus 40:5
• Exodus 40:26
• Leviticus 8:9
• Leviticus 24:4
• Leviticus 24:6
• Numbers 4:11
• Numbers 7:14
• Numbers 7:20
• Numbers 7:26
• Numbers 7:32
• Numbers 7:38
• Numbers 7:44
• Numbers 7:50
• Numbers 7:56
• Numbers 7:62
• Numbers 7:68
• Numbers 7:74
• Numbers 7:80
• Numbers 7:84
• Numbers 7:86
• Numbers 8:4
• Numbers 22:18
• Numbers 24:13
• Numbers 31:22
• Numbers 31:50
• Numbers 31:51
• Numbers 31:52
• Numbers 31:54
• Deuteronomy 7:25
• Deuteronomy 8:13
• Deuteronomy 17:17
• Deuteronomy 29:17
• Joshua 6:19
• Joshua 6:24
• Joshua 7:21
• Joshua 7:24
• Joshua 22:8
• Judges 8:24
• Judges 8:26
• 1 Samuel 6:4
• 1 Samuel 6:8
• 1 Samuel 6:11
• 1 Samuel 6:15
• 1 Samuel 6:17
• 1 Samuel 6:18
• 2 Samuel 1:24
• 2 Samuel 8:7
• 2 Samuel 8:10
• 2 Samuel 8:11
• 2 Samuel 12:30
• 2 Samuel 21:4
• 1 Kings 6:20
• 1 Kings 6:21
• 1 Kings 6:22
• 1 Kings 6:28
• 1 Kings 6:30
• 1 Kings 6:32
• 1 Kings 6:35
• 1 Kings 7:48
• 1 Kings 7:49
• 1 Kings 7:50
• 1 Kings 7:51
• 1 Kings 9:11
• 1 Kings 9:14
• 1 Kings 9:28
• 1 Kings 10:2
• 1 Kings 10:10
• 1 Kings 10:11
• 1 Kings 10:14
• 1 Kings 10:16
• 1 Kings 10:17
• 1 Kings 10:18
• 1 Kings 10:21
• 1 Kings 10:22
• 1 Kings 10:25
• 1 Kings 12:28
• 1 Kings 14:26
• 1 Kings 15:15
• 1 Kings 15:18
• 1 Kings 15:19
• 1 Kings 20:3
• 1 Kings 20:5
• 1 Kings 20:7
• 1 Kings 22:48
• 2 Kings 5:5
• 2 Kings 7:8
• 2 Kings 10:29
• 2 Kings 12:13
• 2 Kings 12:18
• 2 Kings 14:14
• 2 Kings 16:8
• 2 Kings 18:14
• 2 Kings 18:16
• 2 Kings 20:13
• 2 Kings 23:33
• 2 Kings 23:35
• 2 Kings 24:13
• 2 Kings 25:15
• 1 Chronicles 18:7
• 1 Chronicles 18:10
• 1 Chronicles 18:11
• 1 Chronicles 20:2
• 1 Chronicles 21:25
• 1 Chronicles 22:14
• 1 Chronicles 22:16
• 1 Chronicles 28:14
• 1 Chronicles 28:15
• 1 Chronicles 28:16
• 1 Chronicles 28:17
• 1 Chronicles 28:18
• 1 Chronicles 29:2
• 1 Chronicles 29:3
• 1 Chronicles 29:4
• 1 Chronicles 29:5
• 1 Chronicles 29:7
• 2 Chronicles 1:15
• 2 Chronicles 2:7
• 2 Chronicles 2:14
• 2 Chronicles 3:4
• 2 Chronicles 3:5
• 2 Chronicles 3:6
• 2 Chronicles 3:7
• 2 Chronicles 3:8
• 2 Chronicles 3:9
• 2 Chronicles 3:10
• 2 Chronicles 4:7
• 2 Chronicles 4:8
• 2 Chronicles 4:19
• 2 Chronicles 4:20
• 2 Chronicles 4:21
• 2 Chronicles 4:22
• 2 Chronicles 5:1
• 2 Chronicles 8:18
• 2 Chronicles 9:1
• 2 Chronicles 9:9
• 2 Chronicles 9:10
• 2 Chronicles 9:13
• 2 Chronicles 9:14
• 2 Chronicles 9:15
• 2 Chronicles 9:16
• 2 Chronicles 9:17
• 2 Chronicles 9:18
• 2 Chronicles 9:20
• 2 Chronicles 9:21
• 2 Chronicles 9:24
• 2 Chronicles 12:9
• 2 Chronicles 13:8
• 2 Chronicles 13:11
• 2 Chronicles 15:18
• 2 Chronicles 16:2
• 2 Chronicles 16:3
• 2 Chronicles 21:3
• 2 Chronicles 24:14
• 2 Chronicles 25:24
• 2 Chronicles 32:27
• 2 Chronicles 36:3
• Ezra 1:4
• Ezra 1:6
• Ezra 1:9
• Ezra 1:10
• Ezra 1:11
• Ezra 2:69
• Ezra 5:14
• Ezra 6:5
• Ezra 7:15
• Ezra 7:16
• Ezra 7:18
• Ezra 8:25
• Ezra 8:26
• Ezra 8:27
• Ezra 8:28
• Ezra 8:30
• Ezra 8:33
• Nehemiah 7:70
• Nehemiah 7:71
• Nehemiah 7:72
• Esther 1:6
• Esther 1:7
• Esther 4:11
• Esther 5:2
• Esther 8:4
• Esther 8:15
• Job 3:15
• Job 22:24
• Job 22:25
• Job 23:10
• Job 28:1
• Job 28:6
• Job 28:15
• Job 28:16
• Job 28:17
• Job 28:19
• Job 31:24
• Job 37:22
• Job 42:11
• Psalms 12:6
• Psalms 19:10
• Psalms 21:3
• Psalms 45:9
• Psalms 45:13
• Psalms 68:13
• Psalms 72:15
• Psalms 105:37
• Psalms 115:4
• Psalms 119:72
• Psalms 119:127
• Psalms 135:15
• Proverbs 3:14
• Proverbs 8:10
• Proverbs 8:19
• Proverbs 11:22
• Proverbs 16:16
• Proverbs 17:3
• Proverbs 20:15
• Proverbs 22:1
• Proverbs 25:11
• Proverbs 25:12
• Proverbs 27:21
• Ecclesiastes 2:8
• Ecclesiastes 12:6
• Song of Solomon 1:11
• Song of Solomon 3:10
• Song of Solomon 5:11
• Song of Solomon 5:14
• Song of Solomon 5:15
• Isaiah 2:7
• Isaiah 2:20
• Isaiah 13:12
• Isaiah 13:17
• Isaiah 30:22
• Isaiah 31:7
• Isaiah 39:2
• Isaiah 40:19
• Isaiah 60:6
• Isaiah 60:9
• Isaiah 60:17
• Jeremiah 4:30
• Jeremiah 10:4
• Jeremiah 10:9
• Jeremiah 51:7
• Jeremiah 52:19
• Lamentations 4:1
• Lamentations 4:2
• Ezekiel 7:19
• Ezekiel 16:13
• Ezekiel 16:17
• Ezekiel 27:22
• Ezekiel 28:4
• Ezekiel 28:13
• Ezekiel 38:13
• Daniel 2:32
• Daniel 2:35
• Daniel 2:38
• Daniel 2:45
• Daniel 3:1
• Daniel 3:5
• Daniel 3:7
• Daniel 3:10
• Daniel 3:12
• Daniel 3:14
• Daniel 3:18
• Daniel 5:2
• Daniel 5:3
• Daniel 5:4
• Daniel 5:7
• Daniel 5:16
• Daniel 5:23
• Daniel 5:29
• Daniel 10:5
• Daniel 11:8
• Daniel 11:38
• Daniel 11:43
• Hosea 2:8
• Hosea 8:4
• Joel 3:5
• Nahum 2:9
• Habakkuk 2:19
• Zephaniah 1:18
• Haggai 2:8
• Zechariah 4:2
• Zechariah 4:12
• Zechariah 6:11
• Zechariah 9:3
• Zechariah 13:9
• Zechariah 14:14
• Malachi 3:3
• Matthew 2:11
• Matthew 10:9
• Matthew 23:16
• Matthew 23:17
• Acts 3:6
• Acts 17:29
• Acts 20:33
• 1 Corinthians 3:12
• 1 Timothy 2:9
• 2 Timothy 2:20
• Hebrews 9:4
• James 2:2
• James 5:3
• 1 Peter 1:7
• 1 Peter 1:18
• 1 Peter 3:3
• Revelation 1:12
• Revelation 1:13
• Revelation 1:20
• Revelation 2:1
• Revelation 3:18
• Revelation 4:4
• Revelation 5:8
• Revelation 8:3
• Revelation 9:7
• Revelation 9:13
• Revelation 9:20
• Revelation 14:14
• Revelation 15:6
• Revelation 15:7
• Revelation 17:4
• Revelation 18:12
• Revelation 18:16
• Revelation 21:15
• Revelation 21:18
• Revelation 21:21