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CHALCEDONY

A variety of quartz with a microscopic crystalline structure, occurring in many color variations. The agate form is colored with alternating bands, irregular clouds, or mosslike structures, usually of opal. When referring to gems, the term chalcedony is used for the light blue-gray variety of such quartz. The breastpiece of judgment of the high priest is decorated with 12 stones, set in gold and each engraved with the name of one of the 12 tribes. The middle stone in the third of four rows is Heb. šĕḇô, most often translated “agate” (Exod. 28:19; 39:12). In Rev. 21:19 the third of the 12 foundation stones for the Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven is chalcedony (Gk. chalkēdṓn).

Martha Jean Mugg Bailey






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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