Paz פַּז
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| פַּז | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | paz |
| Strong's number | H6337 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | pure gold |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Paz (Hebrew פַּז, Strong's H6337) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pure gold”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
refined or pure gold
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | gold (9) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pure gold (5), fine gold (1), even the purest gold (1), is purest (1), than pure gold (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Paz, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 28:17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Psalms
- Psalm 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Psalm 21:3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
- Psalm 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
- Song of Solomon 5:15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).