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Emerald

נפך, Exod. xxviii, 19; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4664, G4665, H5306
Hebrew
נֹפֶךְ · nôphek
Greek
σμαράγδινος · smaragdinos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σμαράγδινος

G4664
Transliteration
smaragdinos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:A
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

emerald

Lexicon definition

σμαράγδινος (σμάραγδος, which see), __1. of emerald (Luc., V.H., ii, 11). __2. As in π. (Deiss., BS, 267), emerald-green: Rev.4:3 (for the construction, see Swete, in l; Zorell, see word).† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σμάραγδος

G4665
Transliteration
smaragdos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

emerald

Lexicon definition

σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ (and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo.36:17 (Exo.39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Eze.28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc. ;] emerald or other trans parent green stone (LS, see word; DB, iv, 620; Swete, Ap., 67, 288): Rev.21:19.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Σμάραγδος

G4665
Transliteration
smáragdos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

emerald

Lexicon definition

smaragdus, the emerald, a gem of a pure green colour; but under this name the ancients probably comprised all stones of a fine green colour, Re. 21.19.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נֹפֶךְ

H5306
Transliteration
nôphek
Pronunciation
no'-fek
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

emerald.

Lexicon definition

shining

a gem, probably the garnet

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֹׁהַם

H7718
Transliteration
shôham
Pronunciation
sho'-ham
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

onyx.

Lexicon definition

a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בָּרֶקֶת

H1304
Transliteration
bâreqeth
Pronunciation
baw-reh'-keth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

carbuncle.

Lexicon definition

a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

יַהֲלֹם

H3095
Transliteration
yahălôm
Pronunciation
yah-hal-ome'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

diamond.

Lexicon definition

a precious stone, probably onyx

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Emerald

Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live coal."

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

EMERALD

נפך, Exod. xxviii, 19; Ezek. xxvii, 16; xxviii, 13; σμάραγδος, Rev. xxi, 19; Eccles. xxxii, 6; Tobit xiii, 16; Judith x, 21. This is generally supposed to be the same with the ancient _smaragdus_. It is one of the most beautiful of all the gems, and is of a bright green colour, without the admixture of any other. Pliny thus speaks of it: “The sight of no colour is more pleasant than green; for we love to view green fields and green leaves; and are still more fond of looking at the emerald, because all other greens are dull in comparison with this. Beside, these stones seem larger at a distance, by tinging the circumambient air. Their lustre is not changed by the sun, by the shade, nor by the light of lamps; but they have always a sensible moderate brilliancy.” From the passage in Ezekiel we learn that the Tyrians traded in these jewels in the marts of Syria. They probably had them from India, or the south of Persia. The true oriental emerald is very scarce, and is only found at present in the kingdom of Cambay.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Emerald

Indexed occurrences: 5

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All Scripture references9 references

Exodus 4

Exodus 28:17Exodus 28:18Exodus 39:10Exodus 39:11

Job 1

Job 28:16

Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 27:16Ezekiel 28:13

Revelation 2

Revelation 4:3Revelation 21:19

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EMERALD

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Dictionary

Carbuncle

(Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus; Revised Version, marg., "emerald." The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to glitter," "lighten," "flash." When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and hence is called "carbunculus", i.e., a little coal. It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest's breastplate. It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant. In Isa. 54:12 the Hebrew word is 'ekdah, used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above. Next to the diamond it is the hardest and most costly of all precious stones.

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Emerald

Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live coal."

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Onyx

A hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9-12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).

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