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Jasper
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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a Phoenician word (cp. Heb. yash'pheh, e.g., Exodus 28:20; 39:16 ), seems to have denoted a translucent stone of various colors, especially that of fire, Revelation 4:3; 21:11,18,19 . The sardius and the jasper, of similar color, were the first and last stones on the breastplate of the high priest, Exodus 28:17,20 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Jasper'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/j/jasper.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Jasper'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/j/jasper.html. 1940.
