Topic
Carbuncle
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Exodus 28:17Easton · Smith · Nave One of the precious stones set in breastplate
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exodus 39:10Easton · Smith · Nave One of the precious stones set in breastplate
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
- 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 28:13Easton · Smith · Nave A precious stone
Thou 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…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
(Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus; Revised Version, marg., “emerald.” The Hebrew word is from a root meaning “to glitter,” “lighten,” “flash.” When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and hence is called “carbunculus”, i.e., a little coal. It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest’s breastplate. It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant. In Isa. 54:12 the Hebrew word is ’ekdah, used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above. Next to the diamond it is the hardest and most costly of all precious stones.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
kar'-bun-k'-l.
See STONES, PRECIOUS.
In the topical indexes
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.