Gem
בָּרֶ֫קֶתStrong’s H1304bareqet (ba-re-qet)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bareqet is the Hebrew word usually translated “beryl”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.”
Meaning
- A gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
- A gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
How it's translated
- and a beryl 2
- and beryl 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 39:10And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
- Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּרֶ֫קֶת bareqet · gem
a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus) Also means: bar.qat (בָּֽרְקַת "gem" H1304B)
בָּֽרְקַת barqat · gem
a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus) Another spelling of ba.re.qet (בָּרֶ֫קֶת "gem" H1304A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gem” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GEM, noun
[Latin gemma.]
- A bud.
- A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, topaz, emerald, etc.
All definitions and other forms of “gem”
GEM, verb transitive
To adorn with gems, jewels or precious stones.
- To bespangle; as foliage gemmed with dew drops.
- To embellish with detached beauties.
GEM, verb intransitive
To bud; to germinate.
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.