![]() (in English “a little coal,” “a bright red gem”): eqedach, boreqeth, the former in Isa 54:12 from qadach “to burn,” the latter from baraq “to flash.” A brightly flashing stone. Next to the diamond it is the hardest and most costly of all precious stones.įuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Carbuncle 54:12 the Hebrew word is _’ekdah_, used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above. It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant. It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest’s breastplate. ![]() smaragdos Vulgate, smaragdus Revised Version, marg., “emerald.” The Hebrew word is from a root meaning “to glitter,” “lighten,” “flash.” When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and hence is called “carbunculus”, i.e., a little coal. SEE GEM.įuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Carbuncle In the present state of our knowled e respecting the ancient Hebrew mineralogy, it is impossible to determine with precision what particular gem is denoted by either of these terms, although they all evidently were precious stones of a brilliant fiery hue. Probably it is not so hard as the ruby, which, indeed, is the most beautiful and costly of the precious stones of red color, but, at the same time, so hard that engravings cannot easily be made in it (Rosenmller, Alterth. Under the name “carbuncle” are comprehended several brilliant red stones of the clay family which resemble a glowing coal, such as the ruby, the garnet, the spinel, but particularly the almandin, that is, the noble Oriental garnet, a transparent red stone with a violet shade and strong glass luster. The carbuncle is thought by many to be denoted by the word, no’phek (“emerald,” Exo 28:18 Exo 39:11 Eze 27:16 Eze 28:13). Pliny enumerates twelve species of emerald. Kalisch translates it smaragd, or emerald, and says it is a sort of precious corundum of strong glass luster, a beautiful green color, with many degrees of shade, pellucid and doubly refractive. From the etymology (, to flash), we assume that a stone of a bright coruscant color is meant. emerald) or, barekath’, only Eze 28:13 (Sept. , bare’keth, only Exo 28:17 Exo 39:10, as the third in the first row of the high-priest’s breastplate (Sept. sculptus), some sparkling gem (from, to inflame). As used in the Bible the word probably denotes the oriental ruby.įuente: New Catholic Dictionary Carbuncle Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary carbuncleĪ garnet cut with convex surface.
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