Strong’s H7827 · Hebrew
שְׁחֵלֶת
shᵉchêleth · shekh-ay'-leth
Origin apparently from the same as שַׁחַל (H7826) through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound;
Meaning a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.
In the King James Version onycha.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Exodus 30:34And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
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.