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Lexicon :: Strong's H2091 - zāhāḇ

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זָהָב
Transliteration
zāhāḇ
Pronunciation
zaw-hawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to shimmer
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TWOT Reference: 529a

Strong’s Definitions

זָהָב zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 389x

The KJV translates Strong's H2091 in the following manner: gold (348x), golden (40x), fair weather (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 389x
The KJV translates Strong's H2091 in the following manner: gold (348x), golden (40x), fair weather (1x).

  1. gold

    1. as precious metal

    2. as a measure of weight

    3. of brilliance, splendour (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָהָב zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.
STRONGS H2091: Abbreviations
זָהָב 385 noun masculineGenesis 2:12 gold (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ذَهَىًب Sabean דֿהב e.g. Os29 DHMZMG 1883, 338; Aramaic H1722 דְּהַב, BfhD, Palmyrene דהבא VogNo. 23) — ז׳ absolute Genesis 2:11 364 times; construct Genesis 2:12 + 6 times; suffix זְהָבִי 1 Kings 20:7 + 2 times; זְהָֽבְךָ 1 Kings 20:3, 5; זְהָבֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 30:22; זְהָבוֺ Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 31:7; זְהָבָם Hosea 8:4 + 4 times; — gold,
1. = gold-ore, gold in a raw state, Genesis 2:11, 12; Jeremiah 10:9; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; Job 28:1 +; perhaps also 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:49 etc.; compare עַפְרֹת ז׳ Job 28:6 gold-dust; see also Zechariah 13:9 (simile of tried people י׳) and compare Malachi 3:3; likewise Job 23:10 (simile of Job's purity, as shewn by divine tests); מִצָּפוֺן זָהָב Job 37:22 is dubious **read perhaps זֹהַר Du and Dr; Ew De and others out of the North comes gold; others, however, golden light, brightness, of sun after clouds dispersed by north wind, Greek Version of the LXX Rabb Da and others; or golden splendour of God coming from north BöÄ 76 Hi and others; Siegf conjecture יהוה for זהב
2. gold as wealth Genesis 13:2 (J; + מִקְנֶה, כֶּסֶף) Genesis 24:34 (J; + צאֹן, בָּקָר, כֶּסֶף, עֲבָדִם, שְׁפָחֹת, גְּמַלִּים, חֲמֹרִים) compare Hosea 2:8; Isaiah 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:13; Deuteronomy 17:17; Job 3:15; Job 31:24; Zechariah 14:14; Ezra 1:4, 6 +; in general, as precious: נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעשֶׁר רָ֑ב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טוֺב Proverbs 22:1 to be chosen is a name more than great riches, and good favour more than silver and than gold; Job 28:17 (of wisdom) gold and glass do not equal it; Psalm 19:10 (ordinances of י׳) which are more to be desired than gold; compare Psalm 119:72; Psalm 119:127; also metaphor of princes and chief men of Zion Lamentations 4:1 (compare Lamentations 4:2).
3. gold as spoil of war Joshua 6:19 (+ כֶּסֶף, כְּלֵינְֿחשֶׁת, בַּרְזֶל) so Joshua 6:24, compare Joshua 7:21, 24; Joshua 22:8; 2 Kings 7:8 +.
4. gold as merchandise Ezekiel 27:22 (+ אֶבֶן יְקָרָה, ראֹשׁ כָּלבּֿשֶֹׁם), compare also gold from Ophir 1 Kings 9:28 etc. (see below 7 below)
5. gold as costly gift: to a prophet מְלֹא בֵּיתוֺ כֶּסֶף וְז׳ (hypothet.), Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13 (both E); brought by queen of Sheba to Solomon 1 Kings 10:2,10 (both + אֶבֶן יְקָרָה and בְּשָׂמִים) = 2 Chronicles 9:1, 9; as tribute 2 Kings 23:35 (twice in verse) (compare 2 Kings 23:33; all + כֶּסֶף); as satisfaction for murder 2 Samuel 21:4 (+ כֶּסֶף).
6. gold as material: of (nose- or ear-)ring, נֶזֶם Genesis 24:22; Exodus 32:2, 3; Judges 8:24, 25; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 25:12; Job 42:11; of chain Genesis 41:42, shields 2 Samuel 8:7, images of emerods 1 Samuel 6:4, 17 and mice 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:11; 1 Samuel 6:18; בְּמַשְׂכִּיּוֺת כֶּסֶף חַּפּוּחֵי ז׳ Proverbs 25:11; גֻּלַּת ז׳ Exodus 12:6; כְּלֵיזֿ׳ Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35; 1 Samuel 6:8; Psalm 105:37 etc.; כְּלֵיכֶֿסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב Genesis 24:53 as presents to a bride (+ בְּגָדִים); so of presents to secure king's favour 2 Samuel 8:10 (+ כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת), and in list of yearly gifts or tribute to Solomon 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; as material of idols אֱלֹהֵי כֶסֶף וֵאלֹהֵי ז׳ Exodus 20:23; compare Exodus 32:31; Hosea 8:4; Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 31:7; Deuteronomy 29:16; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15; as plating of idols Deuteronomy 7:25; especially as material of the furnishings of Solomon's temple, or (oftener) the platings of temple, or parts thereof, or of its furnishings 1 Kings 6:20, 21 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:28; 1 Kings 7:48 + 10 times 1 Kings 6:7; also 2 Chronicles 3:5 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:6 + 14 times 2 Chronicles 3:4; cf 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse) + 14 times 1 Chronicles 28:29 (David's preparation for temple); see also 2 Kings 24:13; compare 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24; 2 Kings 25:15 = Jeremiah 52:19 (in accounts of plundering temple etc.); but more often still of furnishing and utensils of tabernacle, insignia of high-priest etc., Exodus 25:3, 11, 24 + 97 times Exodus 25-40, Leviticus 8:9; Numbers 4:11; Numbers 8:4; (in case of large objects frequently of plating or sheathing, compare 12c below) Note the expressions ליהוה תְּנוּפַת ז׳ Exodus 35:22 a wave-offering of gold, זְהַב הַתְּנוּפָה Exodus 38:24; also זְהַב הַתְּרוּמָה Numbers 31:52 (all P) compare Ezra 8:25, and (of offering to heathen god) יְכַבֵּד בְּזָהָב Daniel 11:38.
7. gold described by its source, especially gold from Ophir (compare Glass: Skizze ii. 357 ff. 368) 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:49; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 9:10; so perhaps Jeremiah 10:9 (read אוֺפִיר for אוּפַז Ew Klo and others); זְהַב שְׁבָא Psalm 72:15; on מַּרְוָ֑יִם ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:6 see פרוים; compare further Genesis 2:11, 12.
8. gold defined by var. adjective and pts.: שָׁחוּט ז׳ beaten gold (see שָׁחַט) 1 Kings 10:16, 17 2 Chronicles 9:15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 9:16; סָגוּר ז׳ 1 Kings 6:20, 21; also 1 Kings 7:49, 50; 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 4:20, 22; 9:21 (on meaning see סָגַר); especially (but only P & Chronicles) טָהוֺר ז׳ pure gold Exodus 25:11, 17, 24 + 21 times Exodus 25; 28. 30. 37. 39 (of equipments of tabernacle and high priest's insignia), 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 3:4; 9:17; compare טוֺב ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:5, 8; on מוּפָז ז׳ 1 Kings 10:18, AV best gold, compare אוּפָז, פָּזַז.
9. ז׳ as measure of weight and value:
a. = gold-shekel, מִשְׁקָלָם עֲשָׂרָה ז׳ Genesis 24:22; כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה ז׳ Numbers 7:14 + 11 times Numbers 7; אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַעמֵֿאוֺת ז׳ Judges 8:26, compare 1 Kings 10:16; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Chronicles 9:15, 16; וָכָ֑סֶף אַלְפֵי ז׳ Psalm 119:72; compare further Joshua 7:21; but also (only Chronicles) שֶׁקֶל expressed: מִשְׁקַל שִׁקְלֵי ז׳ שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Chronicles 21:25 (50 shekels of silver in || 2 Samuel 24:24); וּמִשְׁקָל לְמִסְמְרוֺת לִשְׁקָלִים חֲמִשִּׁים ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:9.
b. שְׁלשֶׁת מָנִים ז׳ 1 Kings 10:17 three minas of gold (see מָנֶה).
c. כִּכַּר ז׳ talent of gold 2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Kings 9:14 + (see כִּכָּר).
d. זָהָב דַּרְכְּמוֺנִים שֵׁשׁרִֿבּאֹוֺת וָאֶלֶף Ezra 2:69 compare Nehemiah 7:69, 70, 71; also עֶשְׂרִים לַאֲדַרְכֹּנִים אָ֑לָף וּכְפֹרֵי ז׳ Ezra 8:27 (see דַּרְכְּמוֺן); — with the above should perhaps be compared מִכִּיס הַזָּלִים ז׳ Isaiah 46:6 i.e. the gold used in making the god was the coin carried in the bag.
10. ז׳ = golden oil, from colour, Zechariah 4:12.
11. ז׳ often named with כֶּסֶף, and then, in earlier and sometimes in later writings, follows it: בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב Genesis 13:2 (J), compare Genesis 24:35, 53; Genesis 44:8 (all J) Exodus 3:22; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35; Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13 (all E), Joshua 6:19, 24 (JE), Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 17:17; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 21:4; 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Kings 15:15, 18, 19; 2 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 20:13; 2 Kings 23:33, 35 (twice in verse); Hosea 2:10; Hosea 8:4; Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 60:9; Jeremiah 10:4; Zephaniah 1:18; Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 6:11; Joel 4:5, Proverbs 22:1; Psalm 105:37; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 5:1; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 8:25; Daniel 11:8; Ecclesiastes 2:8 +; in later writings ז׳ often precedes Ezekiel 28:4; Zechariah 14:14; Malachi 3:3; 1 Chronicles 18:10; 1 Chronicles 22:14, 16; 1 Chronicles 28:15, 16; 1 Chronicles 29:3, 4, 5, 7; 2 Chronicles 9:14, 21; 24:14; 25:24; Ezra 1:11; Psalm 119:72; Songs 1:11; Daniel 11:38 +, and so in P, Exodus 25:3; Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:5, 32; Numbers 31:32; yet also as early as Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Kings 25:15.
12. the chief verbs used with ז׳ are:
a. עָשָׂה make of (with 2 accusative) 1 Kings 7:48 (compare 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:49; 1 Kings 7:50; 1 Kings 7:50) 1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Chronicles 4:7, 8, 19; 12:9; 13:8, and especially in P (tabernacle) Exodus 25:11, 17, 18 + 35 times Exodus 25-39; also followed by בְּ work in gold, וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחשֶׁת לַעֲשׂוֺת בַּזּ׳ Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32, also (+ בַּבַּרְזֶל, etc.), 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13;
b. יָצַק (object טַבְּעֹת ז׳) Exodus 25:12; Exodus 37:3, 13 (all P);
c. צִמָּה overlay with (with 2 accusative) 1 Kings 6:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:22, 28, 30, 32, 35 (1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 6:35 one accusative omitted), 1 Kings 10:18; 2 Chronicles 3:4, 10; 9:17, and especially P (tabernacle) Exodus 25:11, 13, 24, 28 + 15 times Exodus 26-37; in same sense.
d. וַיְחַמֵּהוּ ז׳ 2 Chronicles 3:5 compare 2 Chronicles 3:7; 2 Chronicles 3:8; 2 Chronicles 3:9, and
e. וָכֶסֶף תָּפוּשׂ ז׳ Habakkuk 2:19 encased in gold and silver; also
f. יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ בַּזּ׳ Isaiah 40:19;
g. רדד Hiph., וַיָּ֫רֶב עַלהַֿכְּרוּבִים וְעַלהַֿתִּמֹּרוֺת אֶתהַֿזּ׳ 1 Kings 6:32 and he spread upon the cherubim and upon the palm-trees the gold; further
h. בָּחַן try, Zechariah 13:9; compare
i. זִקַּק Malachi 3:3. — On דִּי זָהָב, proper name; on מֵי זָהָב proper name see below מַיִם.
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Genesis

2:3; 2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 13:2; 13:2; 24:22; 24:22; 24:34; 24:35; 24:53; 24:53; 41:42; 44:8

Exodus

3:22; 3:22; 11:2; 11:2; 12:6; 12:35; 12:35; 20:23; 25; 25; 25; 25:3; 25:3; 25:11; 25:11; 25:11; 25:11; 25:12; 25:13; 25:17; 25:17; 25:18; 25:24; 25:24; 25:24; 25:28; 25:28; 25:30; 25:37; 25:39; 26; 26; 26; 27; 27; 27; 28; 28; 28; 29; 29; 29; 30; 30; 30; 31; 31; 31; 31:4; 31:4; 32; 32; 32; 32:2; 32:3; 32:31; 33; 33; 33; 34; 34; 34; 35; 35; 35; 35:5; 35:22; 35:32; 35:32; 36; 36; 36; 37; 37; 37; 37:3; 37:13; 38; 38; 38:24; 39; 39; 40

Leviticus

8:9

Numbers

4:11; 7; 7:14; 8:4; 22:18; 22:18; 24:13; 24:13; 31:32; 31:52

Deuteronomy

7:25; 7:25; 8:13; 17:17; 17:17; 29:16; 29:16

Joshua

6:19; 6:19; 6:24; 6:24; 7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 22:8

Judges

8:24; 8:25; 8:26

1 Samuel

6:4; 6:4; 6:8; 6:11; 6:17; 6:18

2 Samuel

8:7; 8:10; 8:11; 12:30; 21:4; 21:4; 24:24

1 Kings

6:7; 6:20; 6:20; 6:20; 6:21; 6:21; 6:21; 6:22; 6:22; 6:28; 6:28; 6:30; 6:32; 6:32; 6:32; 6:35; 6:35; 7:48; 7:48; 7:49; 7:49; 7:49; 7:50; 7:50; 7:50; 7:51; 9:14; 9:28; 9:28; 9:28; 10:11; 10:11; 10:16; 10:16; 10:16; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 10:18; 10:21; 10:22; 12:28; 14:26; 15:15; 15:18; 15:19; 20:3; 20:5; 20:7; 22:49; 22:49

2 Kings

5:5; 7:8; 7:8; 14:14; 16:8; 18:14; 20:13; 23:33; 23:33; 23:35; 23:35; 24:13; 25:15; 25:15

1 Chronicles

18:10; 21:25; 22:14; 22:16; 28:14; 28:15; 28:16; 28:17; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:5; 29:7

2 Chronicles

1:15; 2:6; 2:13; 3:4; 3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:8; 3:9; 3:9; 3:10; 4:7; 4:8; 4:19; 4:20; 4:22; 5:1; 8:18; 9:1; 9:9; 9:10; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 9:21; 9:21; 9:24; 12:9; 13:8; 24:14; 25:24; 25:24

Ezra

1:4; 1:4; 1:6; 1:11; 2:69; 8:25; 8:25; 8:27

Nehemiah

7:69; 7:70; 7:71

Job

3:15; 23:10; 28:1; 28:6; 28:17; 31:24; 37:22; 42:11

Psalms

19:10; 72:15; 105:37; 105:37; 115:4; 115:4; 119:72; 119:72; 119:72; 119:127; 135:15; 135:15

Proverbs

11:22; 17:3; 22:1; 22:1; 25:11; 25:12; 27:21

Ecclesiastes

2:8

Song of Songs

1; 1; 1:11

Isaiah

2:7; 2:7; 2:20; 2:20; 30:22; 30:22; 31:7; 31:7; 40:19; 46:6; 60:9

Jeremiah

10:4; 10:9; 10:9; 52:19

Lamentations

4:1; 4:2

Ezekiel

7:19; 27:22; 28:4; 38:13

Daniel

11:8; 11:38; 11:38

Hosea

2:8; 2:10; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4

Habakkuk

2:19; 2:19

Zephaniah

1:18

Zechariah

4:12; 6:11; 13:9; 13:9; 14:14; 14:14

Malachi

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

H2091

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Strong's Number H2091 matches the Hebrew זָהָב (zāhāḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4 - Whoever is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:6 - All those who were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:10 - thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels one thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbatztzer bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Bavel to Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:69

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred Kohanim' garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Yisra'el there present, had offered:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - I said to them, You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the Kohanim and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Yerushalayim to the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremot the son of Uriyah the Kohen; and with him was El`azar the son of Pinechas; and with them was Yozavad the son of Yeshua, and No`adyah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
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