What does "Gold" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Gold?

GOLD. Gen 2:11. This heaviest and most malleable of metals is found at the present day chiefly in California and Australia. Several places are mentioned by the sacred writers as abounding in gold; such as Ophir, Job 28:16, Parvaim, 2 Chr 3:6, Sheba, and Raamah. Eze 27:22. Until after the time of David gold was never coined, but was sold by weight as a precious article of commerce. The use of gold was very common among the Hebrews. Several parts of the temple, its furniture and utensils, were overlaid with this precious metal. Ex 36:34-38; 1 Kgs 7:48-50. And many of the vessels of the wealthy, as well as their personal ornaments and insignia of office, were of gold. Gen 41:42; 1 Kgs 10:17-22; Esth 1:6-7; Dan 5:29; Luke 15:22; Jas 2:2.

What is the Hebrew word for Gold?

Where does Gold appear in the Bible?

Gold is referenced in 269 verses across 35 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 21:25
• 1 Chronicles 22:14
• 1 Chronicles 22:16
• 1 Chronicles 28:14
• 1 Chronicles 28:15
• 1 Chronicles 28:16
• 1 Chronicles 28:17
• 1 Chronicles 28:18
• 1 Chronicles 29:2
• 1 Chronicles 29:3
• 1 Chronicles 29:4
• 1 Chronicles 29:5
• 1 Chronicles 29:7
• 1 Kings 6:20
• 1 Kings 6:21
• 1 Kings 6:22
• 1 Kings 6:28
• 1 Kings 6:30
• 1 Kings 6:32
• 1 Kings 6:35
• 1 Kings 7:49
• 1 Kings 7:50
• 1 Kings 7:51
• 1 Kings 9:14

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Gold.