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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(adamant). Pure crystallized carbon. Third stone in second row of high-priest’s breastplate (Ex. 28:18¹⁸And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 28:18); Ezek. 28:13¹³Thou 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. (Ezekiel 28:13)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The Hebrew word in Exodus 28:18¹⁸And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 28:18); Exodus 39:11¹¹And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 39:11) and Ezekiel 28:13¹³Thou 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. (Ezekiel 28:13), is yahalom. It occurs only in these places, and cannot be identified: it is generally held not to be what is now known as the diamond. In Jeremiah 17:1 The word is shamir. This is translated “adamant” in Ezekiel 3:9⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. (Ezekiel 3:9). It is thought to be the corundum, a very hard stone, but being of different hues it has now various names.

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Diamond

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

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