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Carbuncle

אֶקְדָּחStrong’s H0688

eqdach (eq-dach)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Eqdach is the Hebrew word usually translated “beryl”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.”
Isaiah 54:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. Fiery glow, sparkle
  2. (CLBL) the name of a gem-carbuncle
How it's translated
  • beryl 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    אֶקְדָּח eqdach · carbuncle

    1) fiery glow, sparkle 2) (CLBL) the name of a gem-carbuncle

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “beryl” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BER'YL,noun

    [Latin beryllus; Eng.brilliant.]

      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.