Strong’s H2091 · Hebrew

זָהָב
zâhâb
zaw-hawb'

Definition

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to shimmer;

How the KJV renders it

  • gold(-en)
  • fair weather

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.