Topic
Onyx
12 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.
- Genesis 2:12Easton · Nave Exported from Havilah
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- Exodus 28:9–12Easton · Nave Used in the breastplate
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the…
- Exodus 28:20Easton · Nave Used in the breastplate
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- Job 28:16Easton · Nave Precious stone
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Ezekiel 28:13Easton · Nave 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…
- Exodus 25:7Nave Contributed by Israelites for the priests' garments
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:9Nave Contributed by Israelites for the priests' garments
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:27Easton
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
- Exodus 39:6Nave Used in the breastplate
¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 39:13Nave Used in the breastplate
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Nave Used in erecting the temple
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones…
- Revelation 21:20Nave Seen in the foundations of the city of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
A hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9-12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
on'-iks o'-niks.
See STONES, PRECIOUS.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 11 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Precious stone Job 28:16; Eze 28:13
- → Used in erecting the temple 1Ch 29:2
- → Seen in the foundations of the city of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision Re 21:20
- → Exported from Havilah Ge 2:12
- → Used in the breastplate Ex 28:9-12,20; 39:6,13
- → Contributed by Israelites for the priests' garments Ex 25:7; 35:9
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.