A precious stone of wine yellow color with occasional pale tinges of green or red. Ancient egyptians believed golden colored topaz was created by the sun god ra while ancient greeks came up with the name topaz from the legendary island of gems topazios in the red sea. It was one of the twelve gems in the high priest s breastplate exodus 28 17. Thou hast been in eden the garden of god. Every precious stone was thy covering the sardius topaz and the diamond the beryl the onyx and the jasper the sapphire the emerald and the carbuncle and gold.
Johns description of the city. Ezekiel 28 13in the bible verse meaning 13 thou hast been in eden the garden of god. Topaz according to the bible is the second stone god used to decorate lucifer ezekiel 28 13. 37 section 8 speaks of the green tints of the topaz meaning our chrysolite. Septuagint vulgate and josephus identify the greek topaz with the hebrew pitdah.
Of topaz there are three subspecies common topaz shorlite and physalite. The workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. The workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Definitions from webster s american dictionary of the english language 1828. The bible mentions topaz a number of times as a gemstone of aaron s breastplate and a foundation stone of jerusalem.
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Topaz is valued as a gem or precious stone and is used in jewelry. Bible dictionaries smith s bible dictionary topaz topaz n e one of the gems used in the high priests breastplate exodus 28 17. And smith s bible dictionary identifies the topaz as our chrysolite and the ancient chrysolite as our topaz. The name of the gemstone is derived in the old testament from the hebrew pitdah strong s concordance h6357. Every precious stone was thy covering the sardius topaz and the diamond the beryl the onyx and the jasper the sapphire the emerald and the carbuncle and gold.Alumin 57 parts silex 34 and fluoric acid 7 or 8. 39 10 and was a highly prized product of cush or southern arabia job 28 19. Alumin 57 parts silex 34 and fluoric acid 7 or 8. Topaz is valued as a gem or precious stone and is used in jewelry. Of topaz there are three subspecies common topaz shorlite and physalite.
39 10 and was a highly prized product of cush or southern arabia job 28 19. Johns description of the city. A precious stone of wine yellow color with occasional pale tinges of green or red.
