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Bible Dictionaries
Onyx
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Agate (Var.: Onyx), Quartz. Locality: Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil.
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Comments: Clear, White, Yellow Onyx.
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Comments: Necklace made from polished black onyx beads and teardrop pendant
From Easton: Onyx - a hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Exodus 28:9-12, Exodus 28:20; Exodus 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezekiel 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Genesis 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).
Verses:
- Genesis 2:12
- Exodus 25:7
- Exodus 28:9
- Exodus 28:20
- Exodus 35:9
- Exodus 35:27
- Exodus 39:6
- Exodus 39:13
- 1 Chronicles 29:2
- Job 28:16
- Ezekiel 28:13
- Revelation 21:20
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/o/onyx.html. 2024.
