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And Things Of The Bible -- Amethyst
One of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex.
28:19; 39:12), and in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20).
The ancients thought this stone had the power of dispelling drunkenness
in all who wore or touched it, and hence its Greek name formed from a ,
"privative," and methuo , "to get drunk." Its Jewish
name, ahlamah', was derived by the rabbins from the Hebrew word halam ,
"to dream," from its supposed power of causing the wearer to
dream. It is a pale-blue crystallized quartz, varying to a dark purple
blue. It is found in Persia and India, also in different parts of
Europe.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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