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Amber
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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AMBER ( chashmal , Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 1:27; Ezekiel 8:2 ). The translation ‘amber’ is much questioned, a metallic substance being generally considered more probable. Prof. Ridgeway ( Encyc. Bibl., s.v .) has, however, shown that amber may well have been known to Ezekiel. The amber commonly seen is the opaque yellow variety from the Baltic, a resinous substance changed by long submersion in the sea. It is a favourite ornament, in necklaces and bracelets, in the Orient, especially among Jewesses, and is credited with medicinal virtues.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Amber'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/a/amber.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Amber'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/a/amber.html. 1909.
