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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Gold
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Emblem of purity (), of nobility (). Zaahaab, "yellow gold," as geld from gel, yellow. Sagur, "treasured gold " (). Paz, "native gold" (; ). Betser, "gold earth," i.e. raw ore (). Kethem, figuratively ( margin) "golden splendor"; but Maurer literally, "gold is to be found in northern regions, but God cannot, be found out because of His majesty" (compare Job 28). Charuts, "dug out gold" ().
It was not coined in ancient times, but is represented on Egyptian tombs as weighed out in the form of rings of fixed weight (). Simon Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 15) was the first who coined Jewish money. Arabia, Sheba, and Ophir, Uphaz, and Parvaim (used for "gold" in ), were the gold producing countries. It is no longer found in Arabia. The Asiatics have always possessed more gold in ornaments than in money.