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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Agate
Agate is a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a
variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or
bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four times in the text of
the Authorized Version, viz., in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12; Isaiah 54:12;
Ezekiel 27:16) In the two former passages; where it is represented by
the Hebrew word shebo it is spoken of as forming the second stone in the
third row of the high priest's breastplate; in each of the two latter
places the original word is cadced, by which, no doubt, is intended a
different stone. RUBY Our English agate derives its name from the
Achates, on the banks of which it was first found.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible
Dictionaries
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