שֹׁהַםshôham/sho'-ham/
HebrewH771811 occurrences (KJV)
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
KJV renders it: onyx.
Where it appears
- Gen 2:12and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
- Exod 25:7onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
- Exod 28:9You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exod 28:20and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
- Exod 35:9onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
- Exod 35:27The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;
- Exod 39:6They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
- Exod 39:13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.
- 1 Chr 29:2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the brass for the things of brass, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- Job 28:16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Ezek 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.