Onyx
שֹׁ֫הַםStrong’s H7718shoham (sho-ham)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shoham is the Hebrew word usually translated “onyx”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
Meaning
- A precious stone or gemprobably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite
How it's translated
- onyx 6
- the onyx 2
- and an onyx 1
- an onyx 1
- in onyx 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 7
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- Exodus 35:9And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:27And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
- Exodus 39:6And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁ֫הַם shoham · onyx
1) a precious stone or gem 1a) probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “onyx” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ON'YX, noun
[Gr. a nail. Latin onyx ]
A semi-pellucid gem with variously colored zones or veins, a variety of chalcedony.
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.