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Emerald

נפך, Exod. xxviii, 19; This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Person
Strong’s
G4664, G4665
Hebrew
שֹׁהַם · shôham
Greek
σμαράγδινος · smaragdinos

Strong’s and original-language information

G4664

σμαράγδινος · smaragdinos

Glosses: emerald

σμαράγδινος (σμάραγδος, which see), __1. of emerald (Luc. , V.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

G4665

σμάραγδος · smaragdos

Glosses: emerald

σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ (and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo. 28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo. 36:17 (Exo.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H7718

שֹׁהַם · shôham

Glosses: onyx.

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

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H7719

שֹׁהַם · Shôham

Glosses: Shoham.

Shoham, an Israelite

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

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."

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

EMERALD

נפך, Exod. xxviii, 19; Ezek.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

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