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1 Chronicles 22:16
“Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זָהָבzâhâb · zaw-hawb'
H2091 · Hebrew
H2091 · Hebrew
- Definition
- gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to shimmer;
- KJV renderings
- gold(-en), fair weather.
- Grammar
- לַ — preposition with definite article
- זָּהָ֥ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 389 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 13:2Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָהָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.