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Agate

4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

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Exodus 28:19Easton · Smith · Nave A precious stone
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Isaiah 54:12Easton · Smith · Nave A precious stone
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Ezekiel 27:16Easton · Smith · Nave A precious stone
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.
Exodus 39:12Easton · Smith
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references

(Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), the second in the third row. This may be the agate properly so called, a semi-transparent crystallized quartz, probably brought from Sheba, whence its name. In Isa. 54:12 and Ezek. 27:16, this word is the rendering of the Hebrew cadcod, which means “ruddy,” and denotes a variety of minutely crystalline silica more or less in bands of different tints.

This word is from the Greek name of a stone found in the river Achates in Sicily.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references

a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four times in the text of the Authorized Version, viz., in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12; Isaiah 54:12; Ezekiel 27:16) In the two former passages; where it is represented by the Hebrew word shebo it is spoken of as forming the second stone in the third row of the high priest’s breastplate; in each of the two latter places the original word is cadced , by which, no doubt, is intended a different stone. [RUBY] Our English agate derives its name from the Achates, on the banks of which it was first found.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references

See STONES, PRECIOUS.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 3 references, grouped by sub-topic

→ A precious stone Ex 28:19; Isa 54:12; Eze 27:16

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

Agate

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