Exo 28:9-21 | TSK | STEP

a sardius, or, ruby.The Hebrew {odem,} from {adam,} to be red, ruddy, seems to denote the ruby; as {adam} does in Persian a beautiful gem, of a fine deep red colour, with a mixture of purple.

Job 28:18; Pr 3:15; 8:11; 20:15; 31:10; La 4:7

a topaz.{Pitdah,} is constantly rendered by the LXX. [topazion,] and Vulgate, {topazius,} with which agrees Josephus. The topaz is a precious stone, of a pale, dead green, with a mixture of yellow, sometimes of a fine yellow; and hence called chrysolyte by the moderns, from its gold colour.

Job 28:19; Re 21:20

a carbuncle.{Bareketh,} from {barak,} to lighten, glitter, a very elegant gem, of a deep red colour, with a mixture of scarlet.

Isa 54:11,12

emerald.{Nophech,} an emerald, the same with the ancient {smaragdus;} one of the most beautiful of all the gems, and of a bright green colour, without any mixture.

39:11; Eze 27:16

sapphire.

24:10; Job 28:6,16; So 5:14; Eze 1:26; 10:1; Re 4:3

diamond.

Jer 17:1; Eze 28:13

a ligure.

39:12

an agate.

Isa 54:12

a beryl.

Eze 1:16; 10:9; Da 10:6; Re 21:20

an onyx. See on ver.