1. fine gold, pure gold — A poetic term for refined, high-purity gold, used in wisdom and devotional poetry to express supreme value (Ps 19:11, 21:4, Prov 8:19, Song 5:11, Isa 13:12, Lam 4:2). All nine occurrences carry the same referent with only syntactic variation (comparative 'more than fine gold,' attributive 'of fine gold,' bare nominal). Spanish 'oro fino/oro puro' (fine/pure gold), Hindi 'शुद्ध सोने/कुन्दन' (shuddh sone/kundan, pure gold/refined gold), Arabic 'إِبْرِيز/فَز' (ibrīz/faz, pure gold), Korean '순금' (sun-geum, pure gold), Swahili 'dhahabu safi' (clean/pure gold) — all uniformly denote the most refined grade of gold. 9×
AR["بِالذَّهَبِ-النَّقِيِّ","ذَهَبٍ-إبريزٍ","فَز","مِنَ-الذَّهَبِ-الْخَالِصِ","مِنْ-ذَهَبٍ","وَ-مِنَ-الإِبْرِيزِ","وَ-مِنْ-الإِبْرِيزِ","وَمِنَ-الذَّهَبِ-الأَبْرَيزِ"]·ben["-খাঁটি-সোনার","এবং-খাঁটি-সোনার-চেয়ে","ও-শুদ্ধ-সোনার-চেয়ে","খাঁটি-সোনায়","খাঁটি-সোনার","খাঁটি-সোনার-চেয়েও"]·DE["Feingold","[ומפז]","[מפז]","in-Feingold","rein-Gold","und-als-fine-Gold","und-mehr-als-fine-Gold"]·EN["against-fine-gold","and-more-than-fine-gold","and-than-fine-gold","fine-gold","gold","more-than-fine-gold","pure-gold"]·FR["[בפז]","[מפז]","d'or-pur;","et-de-or-fin","et-or-fin","or-fin","pur;"]·heb["ב-פז","ו-מ-פז","מ-פז","פז"]·HI["और-कुन्दन-से","और-हाँ-से-कुन्दन-सोने","कुदन-सोने-से","कुन्दन-का","शुद्ध","शुद्ध-सोने-के","सोने-से-अधिक"]·ID["dan-dari-emas-murni","dan-daripada-emas-murni","dengan-emas-murni","emas-murni","lebih-dari-emas-murni","murni"]·IT["[בפז]","[מפז]","e-da-e-than-fine-oro","e-oro-fino","fine-gold","oro","oro-fino"]·jav["emas-murni","emas-tulen","kang-murni","kanthi-emas-murni","katimbang-emas-murni","lan-katimbang-emas-murni","lan-langkung-saking-emas-murni","saha-saking-emas-tulen"]·KO["그리고-순금-보다","그리고-정금-보다","순금-보다","순금-으로","순금-의","순금-이라","순금의"]·PT["do-que-ouro-puro","e-do-que-ouro-puro","e-mais-do-que-ouro-fino","e-que-muito-ouro-fino","ouro-fino","ouro-fino.","ouro-puro","puro"]·RU["больше-чем-золото","в-золото-чистое","и-больше-злата","и-злата","и-чем-злато,","из-чистого-золота","чистого-золота","чистое"]·ES["en-oro-fino","oro-fino","oro-puro","puro","que-el-oro-fino","y-más-que-oro-fino","y-que-oro-puro"]·SW["dhahabu-safi","kuliko-dhahabu","na-dhahabu-safi","na-kuliko-dhahabu-safi","safi"]·TR["-den-saf-altindan","altın","saf-altin","saf-altından","saf-altınla","saf-altının","ve-saf-altından","ve-saf-altından-daha"]·urd["اور-خالص-سونے-سے","اور-کندن-سے","بنیادوں-پر","خالص-سونے-سے","خالص-سونے-سے-زیادہ","خالص-سونے-کا","چمکتا-ہوا-سونا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פַּז n.m. ψ 19:11 refined, pure gold (Talm. פִּיזָּא; 𝔗 פִּיזּוּזָא);—עֲטֶרֶת פָּ֑ז ψ 21:4; in compar. of value or beauty: La 4:2, אַדְנֵי־פ׳ Ct 5:15; ‖ (or +) זהב Jb 28:17 (כְּלִי־פ׳), ψ 19:11 (+ רָ֑ב); 119:127; ‖ כֶּתֶם Is 13:12, cf. כֶּתֶם פ׳ Ct 5:11; + חָרוּץ Pr 8:19.