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beaten gold

in num. 8:4, means “turned” or rounded work in gold. the greek version, however, renders the word “solid gold;” the revised version, “beaten work of gold.” in 1 kings 10:16, 17, it probably means “mixed” gold, as the word ought to be rendered, i.e., not pure gold. others render the word in these places “thin plates of gold.”

historical examples

she has a crimson satin cap, with a head-dress of wrought gold above it; and around her waist is a girdle of beaten gold.
a decade of italian women, vol. i (of 2) t. adolphus trollope

there was not much available, but what there was was more than beaten gold to him.
the day’s work, volume 1 rudyard kipling

but she put on her coat of beaten gold, and went to the lady, who soon was glad to wed her son to so beautiful a maid.
more english fairy tales various

then did he bring him to a place where was a gate of beaten gold.
stories from the faerie queen edmund spenser

the dome is rich with beaten gold, and the dado is of very fine tiles, which produce a striking effect.
journeys in persia and kurdistan, volume i (of 2) isabella l. bird

here also, hinged to the foundations of the altar, are twelve petals of beaten gold.
allan quatermain h. rider haggard

and what once threatened to be a violent red head had softened into beaten gold.
the root of evil thomas dixon

they set sail in a ship of which the sides were plated with beaten gold.
the old-fashioned fairy book constance cary harrison

thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.
the bible, douay-rheims version various

on the top were three statues of zeus, hera, and rhea, of beaten gold.
the history of antiquity, vol. i (of vi) max duncker