Genesis 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered The three above mentioned, ( Genesis 29:2 ) : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, a...
Emerald [N] [S]Heb. nophek ( Exodus 28:18 ; 39:11 ); i.e., the glowing stone, probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high...
Ligure [N] [E](Heb. leshem ), a precious stone mentioned in ( Exodus 28:19 ; 39:12 ) as the first in the third row of the high priests breastplate. ...
ALABASTER al'-a-bas-ter (alabastron (Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37)): In modern mineralogy alabaster is crystalline gypsum or sulphate of lime. ...
Genesis 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.] To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone t...
Jacinth [N] [S]properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour ( Revelation 21:20 ). It has b...
Exodus 15:5 The depths have covered them The depths of the sea covered Pharaoh and his host, so as to be seen no more; and in like manner will mystica...
Eben-ezer [N](stone of help ), a stone set up by Samuel after a signal defeat of the Philistines, as a memorial of the help received on the occasion ...
Hedge. [N]The Hebrew words thus rendered denote simply that which surrounds or encloses, whether it be a stone wall, geder , ( Proverbs 24:31 ; Ezek...
Exodus 28:19 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.] The first of these stones, the ligure or lyncurius, is said to be so called from...
Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone This is not to be understood of believing in Christ, or of a soul's casting itself on Christ, the...
Isaiah 37:19 And, have cast their gods into the fire. &c.] And burnt them; and it may well be asked, where are they? ( Isaiah 36:19 ) : for they were ...
Will stone us (kataliqasei). Late verb and here only in the N.T. Literally, will throw stones down on us, stone us down, overwhelm us with stones. Th...
1 Samuel 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof] On the side of the stone Ezel; three are pitched upon, according to the number of t...
HYACINTH hi'-a-sinth (huakinthos): the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word in Revelation 9:17 for the King James Version jacinth, w...
Ezel [N] [E] [H](departure ), The stone, a well-known stone in the neighborhood of Sauls residence, the scene of the parting of David and Jonathan. (...
Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein That devises mischief against others, it shall come upon himself. The allusion is to the digging...
Chrysolyte A precious stone Revelation 21:20 Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. Entry for 'Chrysolyte'. Nave's Topical Bible. . 1896....
Ezekiel 10:9 And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, &c.] The churches by the ministers: of these wheels, and why the churches are...
Acts 14:5 And when there was an assault made Or a strong bias and inclination were in the minds, both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with the...