Strong’s H3539 · Hebrew
כַּדְכֹּד
kadkôd · kad-kode'
Origin from the same as כַּד (H3537) in the sense of striking fire from a metal forged;
Meaning a sparkling gem, probably the ruby
In the King James Version agate.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Isaiah 54:12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
- Ezekiel 27:16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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.