HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3539
כַּדְכֹּד
kad.kod — ruby
a precious stone (maybe ruby, agate)
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Ruby
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H124
אֹ֫דֶם
o.dem — sardius
1) ruby, carnelian (redness) 1a) precious stone
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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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(Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam. 4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest’s breastplate (Ex. 28:17). A comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job 28:18; Prov. 3:15; 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said to be “far above rubies” (Prov. 31:10). The exact meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it “red coral;” others, “pearl” or “mother-of-pearl.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.