Quick Definition
amethyst
Strong's Definition
a gem, probably the amethyst
Derivation: perhaps from H2492 (חָלַם) (and thus dream-stone);
KJV Usage: amethyst.
TWOT Reference: 67b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַחְלָמָה
achlâmâh
BDB Definition:
1) amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream-stone)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 67b
Total KJV Occurrences: 2