The sixth, sardius (carnelian) sardius, a precious stone, of which there are two kinds, concerning which Theophrastus, de lapid. The fifth, sardonyx a sardonyx, a precious stone marked by the red colours of the carnelian (sard) and the white of the onyx 27ff), see Reihm, HWB, under the word ‘Edelsteine’, 17 Deane in the ‘Bible Educator’, vol. On its relation to our ’emerald’ (disputed by King, Antique Gems, p. On the derivation of the word see Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. emerald), a transparent precious stone noted especially for its light green color: Revelation 21:19. Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word), Latinsmaragdus (A. 4, 23 in Herodotus its gender cannot be determined cf. The fourth, an emerald (but apparently feminine in the earlier writ, cf. (especially the American edition), under the word): Revelation 21:19. The third, a chalcedony aquamarine chalcedony, a precious stone described by Pliny, h. (Theophrastus, Dioscorides (?), others the Sept.) D., under the word Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine, 14): Revelation 21:19. The second, sapphire (perhaps our lapis lazuli, cf. (But many think (questionably) the diamond to be meant here others the precious opal see Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine, 8 and 10 B. The first foundation was jasper a precious stone of divers colors (some are purple, others blue, others green, and others of the color of brass Pliny, h.
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