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Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A
By:
James P. Boyd
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Chris Genthree
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(from river Achates). A species of precious quartz. Second stone in third row of high-priest’s breastplate (
Ex. 28:19; 39:12
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And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19)
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And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 39:12)
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Isa. 54:12
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And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12)
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Ezek. 27:16
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Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. (Ezekiel 27:16)
). Original sometimes translated amethyst.
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