זָהָב
zâhâb · zaw-hawb'
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to shimmer;
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gold(-en), fair weather.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within
To cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָהָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
389 occurrences · 389 OT · 0 NT · 91 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gold117 · 35%
- gold64 · 19%
- and gold29 · 9%
- and the gold15 · 4%
- with gold14 · 4%
- golden14 · 4%
- them with gold11 · 3%
- the golden10 · 3%
- in gold7 · 2%
- the gold6 · 2%
- were of gold5 · 1%
- and with gold4 · 1%
- shekels of gold4 · 1%
- for gold4 · 1%
- and their gold4 · 1%
- a golden4 · 1%
- and thy gold3 · 1%
- all the gold3 · 1%
- and of gold3 · 1%
- of the gold3 · 1%
- for things of gold2 · 1%
- and all the gold2 · 1%
- and the golden2 · 1%
- shall be of gold2 · 1%
- or gold2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.