Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5306
נֹ֫פֶךְ
no.phekh · “emerald”
Used 4 times across 2 books
Definition
1) a precious stone in the high priest's breastplate
1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2) jewels imported from Tyre
1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2) jewels imported from Tyre
Where it appears
Exodus2
Ezekiel2
In the text
Exodus 28:18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.Exodus 39:11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.Ezekiel 27:16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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