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The amethyst is a brilliant transparent stone of a purple colour and varies in shade from violet purple to rose. There are two kinds of amethysts: the oriental amethyst, a species of sapphire that is very hard (cf. Heb., hlm ), and when colourless is almost indistinguishable from the diamond .
The stone intended may be the sapphire. In Revelation 9:17, the word appears in adjective form ( hyakinthinous , "hyacinthine"); [10] this, again, is thought to be descriptive of a blue or purple colour, with no reference to the modern jacinth stone.
The Stone of Jacob appears in the Book of Genesis as the stone used as a pillow by the Israelite patriarch Jacob at the place later called Bet-El. As Jacob had a vision in his sleep, he then consecrated the stone to God. More recently, the stone has been claimed by Scottish folklore and British Israelism .
Priestly breastplate. The priestly breastplate or breastpiece of judgment ( Hebrew: חֹשֶׁן ḥōšen) was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites, according to the Book of Exodus. In the biblical account, the breastplate is termed the breastplate of judgment ( Hebrew: חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט ḥōšen ...
Philosopher's stone. The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771. The philosopher's stone [a] is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver [b]; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be ...
Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6
In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim ( Hebrew: אוּרִים ʾŪrīm, "lights") and the Thummim ( Hebrew: תֻּמִּים Tummīm, "perfection" or "truth") are elements of the hoshen, the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod, a type of apron or garment. The pair are used frequently in the Old Testament, in Exodus 28:30 ...
Altar (Bible) Altars ( Hebrew: מִזְבֵּחַ, mīzbēaḥ, "a place of slaughter or sacrifice") [1] in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth ( Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone ( 20:25 ). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places ( Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8 ). The first time the word altar is ...
Joseph ( / ˈdʒoʊzəf, - səf /; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized : Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add') [2] [a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Tribe of Joseph among the ...