ketem · gold, fine gold

What it means

ketem (כֶּתֶם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gold, fine gold”.

Gold, especially pure gold as it comes from the mine. A poetic word.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Pure gold, the finest, of great value.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fine gold ×5
• gold ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Job×3
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Daniel×1

• Job 28:16

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

• Job 28:19

  The topaz of Cush cannot equal it; with pure gold it cannot be valued.

• Job 31:24

  If I have made gold my confidence, and to fine gold said, ‘My security,’

• Psalms 45:9

  Daughters of kings are among your precious ladies; the queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

• Proverbs 25:12

  A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

• Song of Songs 5:11

  His head is fine gold, pure gold; his curls are palm clusters, black as the raven.

• Isaiah 13:12

  I will make scarce mortals, more than pure gold, and human beings more than the fine gold of Ophir.

• Lamentations 4:1

  How the gold grows dark, the pure gold changes, the good gold! The sacred stones are poured out at the head of every street.

• Daniel 10:5

  I lifted my eyes and looked, and look, a man clothed in linen, and his waist girded with fine gold of Uphaz;