Quick Definition
agate
Strong's Definition
a gem (from its sparkle), probably the agate
Derivation: from an unused root (probably identical with that of H7617 (שָׁבָה) through the idea of subdivision into flashes or streamers (compare H7632 (שָׁבִיב)) meaning to flame;
KJV Usage: agate.
TWOT Reference: 2311e
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) a precious stone (in the high priest's breastplate)
1a) probably an agate
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁבוֹ (she.vu) — agate. 1) a precious stone (in the high priest's breastplate) 1a) probably an agate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁבוֹ n.[f.] a precious stone (relation to above √ dub.; = As. šubû; 𝔊 𝔙 agate);—Ex 28:19 = 39:12 (+ לֶשֶׁם, אַחְלָ֑מָה). done