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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8

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Strong's #3800 - כֶּתֶם

Transliteration

kethem

Phonetics

keh'-them

Origin

from (H3799)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1057

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) gold, pure gold

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 694 ‑ ἀργύριον (ar‑goo'‑ree‑on); 2441 ‑ ἱματισμός (him‑at‑is‑mos'); 3037 ‑ λίθος (lee'‑thos); 4185 ‑ πολυτελής (pol‑oo‑tel‑ace'); 5553 ‑ χρυσίον (khroo‑see'‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

NAS (12)

Job 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 2

HCS (9)

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

BSB (9)

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

ESV (7)

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

WEB (9)

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2297) m t k (כתמ KTM) AC: ? CO: Gold AB: ?

V) m t k (כתמ KTM) - Stain: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) mark - Strongs: H3799 (כָּתַם)

N^m) m t k (כתמ KTM) - Gold: KJV (9): gold - Strongs: H3800 (כֶּתֶם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כֶּ֫תֶם noun masculine^{Lamentations 4:1} gold, in poetry and late (perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Phoenician has proper name, masculine כתם; Sabean כתם Hal^{Et. Sab. 190}; kaθ am¹ as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi^80f.); — ׳כ absolute Job 28:19 3t., כָּ֑תֶם Proverbs 25:12; construct כֶּתֶם Isaiah 13:12 3t.; — אוֺפִיר׳כ Isaiah 13:12 gold of Ophir ("" מָּ֑ז), so Job 28:16; Psalm 45:10; אוּפָ֑ז׳כ Daniel 10:5 (read perhaps אוֺפִיר for אוּפָז q. v.); ׳כ alone Job 31:24 ׅ "" (זָהָב׳חֲלִיכֿ Proverbs 25:12 ornament of gold ׅ "" (זָהָבנֶזֶםמָּ֑ז ׳כ Song of Solomon 5:11; טָהוֺר׳כ Job 28:19; הַטּוֺב׳הַכּ Lamentations 4:1 "" זָהָב.

כתן (√ of following, = clothe? so Zehnpf^{BAS i, 532}, who derives therefrom Assyrian kitinnê, linen, cloth, = Arabic see also Aramaic כִּיתָּנָא and below)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כֶּתֶם m. a poetical word, gold; prop. that which is hidden away in treasuries, that which is precious (comp. סְגוֹר and סָגוּר); Job 28:16, 19 Job 28:19, 31:24 Proverbs 25:12; Daniel 10:5; Song of Solomon 5:11. Used of golden ornaments, Psalms 45:10. Abulwalid understands it to be pearls.

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List of Word Forms

בְּכֶ֣תֶם בְּכֶ֥תֶם בכתם הַכֶּ֣תֶם הכתם וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם ולכתם כֶּ֣תֶם כָ֑תֶם כתם מִכֶּ֥תֶם מכתם bə·ḵe·ṯem beChetem bəḵeṯem Chatem hak·ke·ṯem hakKetem hakkeṯem ḵā·ṯem ḵāṯem ke·ṯem Ketem keṯem mik·ke·ṯem mikKetem mikkeṯem velakKetem wə·lak·ke·ṯem wəlakkeṯem