7718. shoham
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shoham: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Original Word: שֹׁ֫הַם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shoham
Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-ham)
Short Definition: onyx

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
(a gem) perhaps an onyx
NASB Translation
onyx (11).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. שֹׁ֫הַם noun masculineJob 28:16 a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus RiHWB 2, 336 f., onyx TaylorHast. DB iii. 624, beryl RidgewayEncy. Bib. 545, malachite Myresib. 4808, etc.; compare also DrGenesis 2:12 (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu DlWB 488); — ׳אֶבֶן הַשּׁ Genesis 2:12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land „avilah; ׳אַבְנֵי שׁ Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9; Exodus 35:9,27; Exodus 39:6 (all P), 1 Chronicles 29:2; אֶבֶן omitted Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); יָקָר וְסַמִּיר ׳שׁ Job 28:16.



Strong's
onyx

From an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color) -- onyx.

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