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Genesis 2

Gen. 2:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
of that
huw' (Hebrew #1931)
a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
KJV usage: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
Pronounce: hoo
Origin: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}
land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
is good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
: there is bdellium
bdolach (Hebrew #916)
something in pieces, i.e. bdellium, a (fragrant) gum (perhaps amber); others a pearl
KJV usage: bdellium.
Pronounce: bed-o'-lakh
Origin: probably from 914
and the onyx
shoham (Hebrew #7718)
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
KJV usage: onyx.
Pronounce: sho'-ham
Origin: from an unused root probably mean to blanch
stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
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bdellium,
Gold,
Metals,
onyx,
Stones

Cross References

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Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum.
The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches.
Num. 11:7• 7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. (Num. 11:7)
onyx.
Ex. 28:20• 20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. (Ex. 28:20)
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Ex. 39:13• 13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. (Ex. 39:13)
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Job 28:16• 16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (Job 28:16)
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Ezek. 28:13• 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. (Ezek. 28:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the gold of that land is good; bdelliumc and the onyxd stone are there.

JND Translation Notes

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c
A fragrant resin. as generally understood.
d
Or "beryl."