כֶּתֶם
ketem
gold
Strong's H3800NounHebrewTWOT 1057

כֶּתֶם (ketem) is a Hebrew noun meaning gold. It appears 9 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3800).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1057)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1057)gold; carved, ore
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כֶּ֫תֶם noun, masculine: gold

gold, poetic and late

Strong's H3800 כֶּתֶם: properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
KJV:((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Job 28:16Proverbs 25:12Song of Solomon 5:11

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