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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(from
river
Achates). A species of precious quartz. Second stone in third row of high-
priest
’s
breastplate
(
Ex. 28:19; 39:12
19
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19)
12
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 39:12)
;
Isa. 54:12
12
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12)
;
Ezek. 27:16
16
Syria 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 27:16)
). Original
sometimes
translated
amethyst
.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
kadkod
, ἴασπις: from the root
to strike
fire
, and hence a “sparkling gem, ruby” (Gesenius). “A shining, sparkling precious stone, probably a
carbuncle
, so called from its red sparkling color” (Furst). It occurs but twice: Isaiah. 54:12, “I will make thy windows of agates.” This might be thought to signify that the agate was transparent, and that the windows were to be glazed with agates; but windows were not then glazed. Others translate
the word
minarets, pinnacles,
battlements
, and instead of agates many prefer
rubies
. The other
passage
is
Ezekiel 27:16
16
Syria 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 27:16)
: “
Syria
was thy merchant for
coral
, the agate”; they came from
Damascus
. The Revised Version and others again translate “rubies” which well agrees with the signification of the word.
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Carbuncle Garnet
2.
shebo
, ἀχάτης,
achates
, Vulgate, from to burn, to glow (Fürst) . “A composite stone formed of quartz,
chalcedony
, cornelian,
flint
,
jasper
, and therefore glittering with different colors” (Delitzsch). Bochart traces the word to a root signifying “to be spotted.” This gem has been described as a semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz; it is found in parallel or concentric layers of various colors, and presents different tints in the same specimen. It is generally translated “agate.” It was the stone chosen for the second place in the third row of the
breastplate
of the
high
priest
(
Ex. 28:19
19
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19)
;
Ex. 39:12
12
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 39:12)
).
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Chalcedony (var. Agate)
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