Strong's Lexicon

H3800

H3800 — כֶּתֶם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkethemnoun mascOccurrences: 9

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3800
Word:	כֶּתֶם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3799
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	kethem
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	keh'-them
Meaning:	1. (properly) something carved out, i.e. ore 2. (hence) gold (pure as originally mined)
KJV Renderings:	((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).

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BDB4250

כֶּ֫תֶם noun masculine^{Lam 4:1} gold, in poetry and late (perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Phoenician has proper name, masculine כתם; Sabean כתם Hal^{Et. Sab. 190}; ka θ am¹ as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi^{80 f.}); — ׳ כ absolute Job 28:19 + 3 t., כָּ֑תֶם Prov 25:12 construct כֶּתֶם Isa 13:12 + 3 t.; — אוֺפִיר ׳ כ Isa 13:12 gold of Ophir (|| פָּ֑ז), so Job 28:16; Ps 45:10 אוּפָ֑ז ׳ כ Dan 10:5 (read perhaps אוֺפִיר for אוּפָז q. v.); ׳ כ alone Job 31:24 ׅ || (זָהָב ׳ חֲלִיכֿ Prov 25:12 ornament of gold ׅ || (זָהָבנֶזֶם פָּ֑ז ׳ כ Song 5:11 טָהוֺר ׳ כ Job 28:19 הַטּוֺב ׳ הַכּ Lam 4:1 || זָהָב.

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כתם (keh’-them)

Job 28:16

KJV: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

EHCC: It cannot be valued woith the gold bir,

Job 81:24

EHCC: or have said to the ine gold,

Psalms 45:9

KJV: Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

EHCC: (10). hand did stand the queen in gold of

Proverbs 25:12

KJV: As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

EHCC: an ornament of fine gol,

Song of Songs 5:11

KJV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.bushy: or, curled

EHCC: the most fine gold, (lit. gold fine gold)

Isaiah 13:12

KJV: I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

EHCC: than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Lamentations 4:1

KJV: How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

EHCC: (how) is the most fine gold changed!

Daniel 10:5

KJV: Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:a…: Heb. one man

EHCC: with fine gold of Uphaz: