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MARBLE

A metamorphic rock made up of fine- to coarse-grained recrystallized calcite and/or dolomite, produced when the heat and pressure of volcanic activity works on limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock of organic or inorganic origin composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, but also containing dolomite, chalcedony, and other minerals. Marble, which can be very highly polished, is used primarily as an architectural and ornamental stone. It is not native to Palestine, being first imported from the Greek islands during the Persian period. However, there are some fine limestones native to Israel that are fairly common, excellent for building, and take a high polish. Heb. šēš, sometimes translated “marble,” is more commonly translated “alabaster.” In Esth. 1:6 the term is employed twice to describe building materials used in the king’s palace in Susa, and it is translated “marble,” probably correctly given the historical context. Marble, from Gk. mármaros, “glistening crystalline stone,” is also listed among the goods that the merchants of earth will no longer be able to sell after the judgment and fall of the great harlot Babylon (Rev. 18:12).

Martha Jean Mugg Bailey

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MARBLE

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)