Definition

properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)

Etymology

from H3799 (כָּתַם);

Word family

• כָּתַם kâtham

How the KJV renders it

• ((most) fine
• pure) gold(-en wedge)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.