Gen 2:11-12, Exo 28:17-20, 39:10-21, Isa 54:11-12, Eze 27:16, 22, Rev 17:4 | TSK | STEP

Genesis 2:11-12

Havilah.

10:7,29; 25:18; 1Sa 15:7 Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum. The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches.

Nu 11:7

onyx.

Ex 28:20; 39:13; Job 28:16; Eze 28:13

Exodus 28:17-20

thou shalt.

9,11; 39:10-21; Mal 3:17

set in it settings of stones. Heb. fill in its fillings ofstone. the first row.

Eze 28:13; Re 21:19-21

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.

a jasper.

Re 4:3; 21:11,18-20

inclosings. Heb. fillings.

Exodus 39:10-21

the first row.

28:16,17,21; Re 21:19-21

sardius. or, ruby.

a diamond.

28:18; Eze 28:13The word {yahalom} may mean the diamond, from {halam,} to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections.

a ligure.{Leshem,} the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny say it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire.

an agate.{Shevo,} the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, etc.; joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects.

an amethyst.{Achlamah,} an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour.

a beryl.Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour.

a jasper.{Yaspeh,} the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc.

Re 21:12

chains at the ends.

28:14; 2Ch 3:5; So 1:10; Joh 10:28; 17:12; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:1

gold rings.

25:12

two wreathen.

28:14; So 1:10

ephod.

coupling.

26:3