זָהָב zahav
Hebrew word for “gold” · Strong’s H2091 · used 389 times in 336 verses
Meaning
1) gold; 1a) as precious metal;
How it is translated
Glosses given for zahav in context, with how often each is used:
- gold 377
- will be gold 3
- like gold 3
- more than gold 3
- whom gold 1
- some of the gold 1
- some of gold 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 105 | 6.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 49 | 3.7 | |
| 1 Kings | 44 | 3.3 | |
| Numbers | 24 | 1.5 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 24 | 2.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 15 | 1.2 | |
| Ezra | 13 | 3.5 | |
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 9 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| Psalms | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 8 | 0.4 |
Also in 22 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 37 (17), Exodus 28 (16), Exodus 25 (15), Exodus 39 (14), Numbers 7 (14), 2 Chronicles 9 (12), 1 Kings 10 (10), 1 Kings 6 (7), 2 Chronicles 3 (7), 1 Samuel 6 (6)
Forms
- זהב 242
- הזהב 60
- וזהב 31
- לזהב 11
- והזהב 9
- בזהב 8
- ובזהב 5
- מזהב 4
- וזהבם 4
- כזהב 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with zahav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 139
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 50
- צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 30
- טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 28
- כִּכָּר kikkar “talent” 21
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 32
- טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 19
- אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 21
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 26
- אֶחָד echad “one” 33
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 20
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 23
Key verses
The verses using zahav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared…
- Joshua 7:21 — When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them,…
- 1 Kings 12:28 — Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel,…
- Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
- Psalms 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 60:6 — The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they…
- Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the…
- Ezekiel 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the…
- Hosea 2:8 — For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
- Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…
- Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
- Malachi 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the…
See all 336 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.