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Emerald
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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is a transparent stone of a light green color, occupying the first place in the second row on the high priest's breastplate, Exodus 28:18 . Tyre imported it from Syria, Ezekiel 27:16 . It is one of the foundations of the heavenly Jerusalem, Revelation 21:19 . The name was applied to other stones of a similar character, such as the carbuncle.
"emerald in character," descriptive of the rainbow round about the throne in Revelation 4:3 , is used in the papyri to denote emerald green.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Emerald'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/emerald.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Emerald'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/emerald.html. 1940.
