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ONYX

A banded quartzite stone prized as material for carving or engraving. The onyx (Heb. šōham) was a stone equal in value to gold (Gen. 2:12; Job 28:16). Each shoulder of the high priest’s ephod bore an onyx engraved with the names of Israel’s sons (Exod. 28:9; 39:6), and an engraved onyx was present on the high priest’s breastpiece (28:20; 39:13). A šōham adorned the king of Tyre (Ezek. 28:13). The LXX uses a number of words to translate šōham, reflecting confusion as to the type and color of stone represented: green or blue (Gen. 2:12; Exod. 28:9) and red or brown (25:7). The NRSV reads “onyx” for Gk. sardónyx, a course in the foundation of the city wall of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20). English translations also use “beryl,” “carnelian,” “emerald,” “lapis lazuli,” and “sardonus” for the Hebrew and Greek terms.

Joseph E. Jensen






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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