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SARDIUS

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אדם, so called from its redness, Exod. xxviii, 17; xxxix, 10;
Ezek. xxviii, 13; σάρδιος, Rev. xxi, 20; a precious stone of a blood-red
colour. It took its Greek name from Sardis, where the best of them were
found.
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