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Carbuncle

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(little coal). A gem of deep red color (Isa. 54:12¹²And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12)). A stone in the high-priest’s breastplate (Ex. 28:17; 39:10¹⁷And 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. (Exodus 28:17)
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. (Exodus 39:10)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Two Hebrew words are so translated.

1. eqdach, a stone of a fiery sparkling nature (Isa. 54:12¹²And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12)).

2. bareqeth, a stone of a glittering brightness (Ex. 28:17¹⁷And 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. (Exodus 28:17); Ex. 39:10¹⁰And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. (Exodus 39:10); Ezek. 28:13¹³Thou 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. (Ezekiel 28:13)).

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Cabochon Carbuncle Garnet

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

I will kindle (only in Isa. 54:12) : lightning stone: (literally she shot forth)