ישפה, Exod. xxviii, 20; xxxix, 13; and Ezek. xxviii, 13; ἴασπις,
Rev. iv, 3, and xxi, 11, 18, 19. The Greek and Latin name, _jaspis_, as
well as the English jasper, is plainly derived from the Hebrew, and
leaves little room to doubt what species of gem is meant by the original
word. The jasper is usually defined, a hard stone, of a bright,
beautiful, green colour; sometimes clouded with white, and spotted with
red or yellow.
Rev. iv, 3, and xxi, 11, 18, 19. The Greek and Latin name, _jaspis_, as
well as the English jasper, is plainly derived from the Hebrew, and
leaves little room to doubt what species of gem is meant by the original
word. The jasper is usually defined, a hard stone, of a bright,
beautiful, green colour; sometimes clouded with white, and spotted with
red or yellow.