Topic
Emerald
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 28:18Easton · Smith · Nave Set in the breastplate
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- Revelation 21:19Easton · Smith · Nave SYMBOLICAL — In the foundation of the holy city
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
- Exodus 39:11Easton · Smith
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- Ezekiel 27:16Smith · Nave Merchandise of, in Tyre
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 28:13Smith · Nave Merchandise of, in Tyre
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…
- Revelation 4:3Smith · Nave Color of the rainbow
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Tobit 13:16Smith
For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 32:6Smith
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the “glowing stone”, probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means “live coal.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
em'-er-ald.
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.