Library Home>All Subjects>C Subjects>coral

coral

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Used by Hebrews for beads and ornaments. Ranked among precious stones (Job 28:18¹⁸No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. (Job 28:18); Ezek. 27:16¹⁶Syria 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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Download (980.2 KB)

Red Coral

The Hebrew word is rarnoth, and occurs only in Job 28:18¹⁸No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. (Job 28:18) and Ezekiel 27:16¹⁶Syria 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): it signifies high priced or costly things. The Rabbis think it refers to red coral.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7215 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

ra’mah

Phonic:

raw-maw’

Meaning:

from 7213; something high in value, i.e. perhaps coral

KJV Usage:

coral

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

heights