Strong’s H306 · Hebrew
אַחְלָמָה
ʼachlâmâh · akh-law'-maw
Origin perhaps from חָלַם (H2492) (and thus dream-stone);
Meaning a gem, probably the amethyst
In the King James Version amethyst.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 28:19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
- Exodus 39:12And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.