שְׁחֵלֶתshᵉchêleth/shekh-ay'-leth/
HebrewH78271 occurrences (KJV)
a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.
KJV renders it: onycha.
Where it appears
- Exod 30:34Yahweh said to Moses, “Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: there shall be an equal weight of each;
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.