BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G2393
iaspis — jasper
ἴασπις, -ιδος, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.28:18 36:38 (Exo.39:11) (יַהֲלֹם), Isa.54:12 (כַּדְכֹּד), Eze.28:13 (יָשְׁפֵה, see BDB, Lex., see word)* ;] jasper, apparently not the modern stone of that name, but a translucent stone (DB, see word): Rev.4:3 21:11, 18-19.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8658
tar.shish — jasper
1) a precious stone or semi-precious gem 1a) perhaps a chrysolite, yellow jasper, or other yellow coloured stone
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3095
ya.ha.lom — jasper
1) a precious stone (known for its hardness) 1a) perhaps the jasper, onyx, or diamond
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3471
ya.she.pheh — jasper
jasper (a precious stone)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8659
tar.shish — Tarshish
A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (H3120); brother of: Elishah (H0473), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" son of Javan
21 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H306
ach.la.mah — amethyst
amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1739
endomēsis — material
ἐν-δώμησις (Rec. -δόμησις), -εως, ἡ (δωμάω, to build), a building in: ἡ ἐ. τ. τείχους αὐτῆς ἴασπις, its wall had jasper built into it, Rev.21:18 (see MM, Exp., xiii; Swete, Ap., l.with).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →(Heb. yashpheh, “glittering”), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest’s breast-plate (Ex. 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:18, 19). It was “most precious,” “clear as crystal” (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
