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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2 . Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others "fine brass," as in Revelation 1:15; 2:18 . It was probably the mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil resin.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amber'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​a/amber.html. 1897.
 
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