Greek
5553. chrusion -- a piece of gold, gold ... 696 ("silver") was the most
precious metal in the ancient world.]. Word Origin dim.
of chrusos Definition a piece of
gold,
gold NASB Word Usage
gold (12),
gold ... /greek/5553.htm - 7k931. basanos -- a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals) ...
... Cognate: 931 -- originally, a black, silicon-based stone used as "a touchstone"
to the purity of precious metals (like silver and gold). See 928 (). ...
/greek/931.htm - 7k
Torrey's TopicalTextbook
Ezra 8:27Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
Torrey's Topical Textbook—AKJVIsaiah 13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Torrey's Topical Textbook—AKJV
