Strong’s H5306 · Hebrew
נֹפֶךְ
nôphek · no'-fek
Origin from an unused root meaning to glisten;
Meaning shining; a gem, probably the garnet
In the King James Version emerald.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 28:18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- Exodus 39:11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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.