Meaning of “agate”

1. Agate — (Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), the second in the third row. This may be the agate properly so called, a semi-transparent crystallized quartz, probably brought from Sheba, whence its name. In Isa. 54:12 and Ezek. 27:16, this word is the rendering of the Hebrew cadcod, which means "ruddy," and denotes a variety of minutely crystalline silica more or less in bands of different tints. This word is from the Greek name of a stone found in the river Achates in Sicily.

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Bible Search for “agate”

1. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 19 — And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

2. Exodus Chapter 39 Verse 12 — And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

3. Isaiah Chapter 54 Verse 12 — And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

4. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 16 — Syria 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.

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