GREEK · G969
βήρυλλος
bērullos — beryl
βήρυλλος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX: Tob.13:17 (-ύλλιον in Exo.28:20, שֹׁהַם * ;]) beryl, a jewel of sea-green colour: Rev.21:20.† (AS)
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Beryl
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G6669
βηρύλλιος
bērullios — beryl
beryl
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שֹׁ֫הַם
sho.ham — onyx
1) a precious stone or gem 1a) probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite
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The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone; probably so called as being brought from Tarshish. It was one of the stones on the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:20; R.V. marg., “chalcedony;” 39:13). The colour of the wheels in Ezekiel’s vision was as the colour of a beryl stone (1:16; 10:9; R.V., “stone of Tarshish”). It is mentioned in Cant. 5:14; Dan. 10:6; Rev. 21:20. In Ezek. 28:13 the LXX. render the word by “chrysolite,” which the Jewish historian Josephus regards as its proper translation. This also is the rendering given in the Authorized Version in the margin. That was a gold-coloured gem, the topaz of ancient authors.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.