Amethyst
אַחְלָ֑מָהStrong’s H0306achlamah (ach-la-mah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achlamah is the Hebrew word usually translated “amethyst”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.”
Meaning
- Amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest.
How it's translated
- and an amethyst 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
אַחְלָ֑מָה achlamah · amethyst
amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “amethyst” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AM'ETHYST, noun
[Latin amethystus; Gr. which the Greeks supposed to be formed from a neg. and to inebriate, from some supposed quality in the stone of resisting intoxication. Plin. 37.9, mentions an opinion that it takes its name from its color approaching that of wine, but not reaching it.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.