HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5306
נֹ֫פֶךְ
no.phekh — emerald
1) a precious stone in the high priest's breastplate 1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle 2) jewels imported from Tyre
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Emerald
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G4664
σμαράγδινος
smaragdinos — emerald
σμαράγδινος (σμάραγδος, which see), 1. of emerald (Luc., V.H., ii, 11). 2. As in π. (Deiss., BS, 267), emerald-green: Rev.4:3 (for the construction, see Swete, in l; Zorell, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4665
σμάραγδος
smaragdos — emerald
σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ (and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo.36:17 (Exo.39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Eze.28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc. ;] emerald or other trans parent green stone (LS, see word; DB, iv, 620; Swete, Ap., 67, 288): Rev.21:19.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1304
בָּרֶ֫קֶת
ba.re.qet — gem
a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus) Also means: bar.qat (בָּֽרְקַת "gem" H1304B)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9124
σμαραγδίτης
smaragditēs — an emerald
an emerald
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
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.”
Scripture references
Exodus 28:18Exodus 39:11Revelation 21:19Ezekiel 27:16Sir 32:6Ezekiel 28:13Judges 10:21Tob 13:16Revelation 4:3
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.