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ADAMANT |
Ez.3:9.Zech.7:12. Usually
hard stone - probably the emergy stone or corundum. |
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AGATE |
Ex.39:12.
Ezek.27:16.Is.54:12. The Hebrew word signifies shining, sparkling. This stone
is beautifully variegated and semi - transparent. It was found in the river Achates in Sicily from which it probably derived its English name. |
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ALABASTER |
Matth.26:7.Mark 14:3.Luke
7:37. "A calcareous marble like spar, wrought into boxes or vessels, to keep
precious ointments from spoiling. |
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AMBER |
Ezek.1:4,27.8:2. Not the
amber known to us, but a metal, possibly Electrum or a compound of gold and
silver. |
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AMETHYST |
Exodus39:12.REV.21:20. A
gem of a rosy purple color believed by the Greeks to be an antidote for
drunkenness and by the Jews to procure pleasant dreams. |
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BDELLIUM |
Gen.2:12. Num.11:7.
Identification uncertain. Possibly a pearl, suggested by comparison with
Manna
which was like hoar frost. |
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BERYL |
Ex.39:13. Ezek.10:9.
Rev.21:20. A beautiful pellucid gem of a bluish green colour. Found in Peru,
Siberia and the
East Indies. |
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CARBUNCLE |
Exod. 28:17.
A precious stone of a deep red color, mingled with scarlet. It resembles
burning charcoal
when held up to the rays of the sun. Found in the East Indies. |
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CHALCEDONY |
Rev.21;19. A
precious stone of a greyish color clouded as the modern Cornelian with blue,
yellow,
or purple. Found near Chalcedony, a town on the Bosphorous. |
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CHRYSOLITE |
Rev.21:20. A
precious stone of a transparent golden color mixed with green. Some identify it
with the
Topaz. |
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CHRYSOPRASUS |
Rev.21:20.A
precious stone of a lustrous black-green color, now called Chrysoprase. |
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DIAMOND |
Jer.17:1.Ezek.28:13. The most valuable of all gems, noted for its extreme
hardness purity, and
appearance. In their natural state diamonds are covered with an earthly
crust. |
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EMERALD |
Ezek.27:16.Rev.4:3,21:19. A precious stone of a beautiful green color. Next
to the ruby in hardness. |
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JACINTH |
A precious
stone of a violet and purple color resembling the amethyst. Rev.9:17."The
violet brightness in the amethyst is diluted in the jacinth. |
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JASPER |
Ex.39:13.
Ezek.28:13.Rev.4:3,21:18-19. A precious stone of a various colors. White,
red, brown and bluish-green "It represents watery crystalline brightness, a
symbol of purity." |
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LIGURE |
Ex.39:12. This stone is generally supposed to be the Lyncurium of the Romans
,found in the Ceylon and parts of Europe, our Hyacinth or jacinth-of a
blood-red color. |
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ONYX |
Job.28:16.Ezek.28:13. A precious stone resembling in color the human
fingernail, from whence it gets the name. The names of the tribes of Israel
in the order of their birth were engraved on two onyx stones placed upon the
shoulders of the Ephod. The modern agate. |
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PEARLS |
Matth.7:6.Rev.21:21.These beautiful gems are formed by accretion, in shell
fish of the oyster kind found chiefly in the Persian Gulf and other Eastern
waters. A small grain of sand or other extraneous substance getting inside
the shell ,is covered by the living fish with that which is of its own
nature. |
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RUBY |
Job.28:18.Lam.4:7. See carbuncle and sardius. "It is doubtful whether the
true ruby was known in biblical times. |
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SAPPHIRE |
Ezek.1:26.
Rev.21:19. A precious stone second only to the diamond in lustre, hardness
and value. Of a beautiful midnight blue color. According to the Targum it
was the material of the tables of the law. |
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SARDIUS |
Ezek.28:13,Rev.21:20. A precious stone found near
Sardis,from whence it borrow its name; of a deep-red or blood color. Some
translate it "Ruby. |
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SARDONYX |
Rev.21:20. A
precious stone having the colors of the Sardius and onyx united. |
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TOPAZ |
Rev.21:20.a
precious stone which has the lustre of glass, and is greenish-yellow in
color. The name is taken from an island in the Red Sea where it was first found. Job.28:19.Ezek.28:13. |
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Lists of Precious Stones given in the Bible |
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1. The stones in the
breast-plate of the High Priest. Ex.28:17-21.
2. The ornaments in the
covering of the King of Tyre. Ex.27.
3. The foundation of the
Heavenly city. Rev.21:18-20. |
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Other Interesting Stones in the Bible |
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The stone which was
Jacob's pillow and became his pillar. Gen.28:18. |
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The stone on the well's
mouth. Gen.29:1-12. |
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The stone of
Israel. Gen.49:24. |
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Two tables of stone
written with the finger of God. Ex.31:18. |
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Altar of
stone. Ex.20:25,26. |
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Leprous stone. Lev.14:45. |
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Upper and nether
millstone. Deut.24:6. Math.24:41. |
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The stone of help-Ebenezer. I
sam.6:12. |
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Stones from the brook. I
sam.17:40-50. |
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Stones of
darkness. Job.28:3. |
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Stones of
emptiness. Isisah 34:11. |
| The foundation
stone. Is.28:16,17.I cor.3:11. |
| The stone of stumbling. Is
8:14,15.I cor.1:23,I Pet.2:8. |
| Polished corner
stones. Ps.144:12. |
| The smiting stone,cut out
without hands. Dan.2:34. |
| Stones of
fire. Ezek.28:14. |
| The stone with seven
eyes. Zech.3:9. |
| Stones of a
crown. Zech.9:16. |
| "My jewels." Malachi.3:17. |
| Water pots of
stone. John.2:1-11. |
| "Take ye away the
stone" John.11:39. |
| The sealing stone of
Christ's sepulchre. Matth.27:66.Matth.28:2. |
| Living stones. I Pet.2:5. |
| A white stone. Rev.2:17. |
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