Bareqet בָּרֶ֫קֶת

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Bareqet
בָּרֶ֫קֶת
Transliterationbareqet
Strong's numberH1304 (H1304A, H1304B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossgem
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inExodus (2)

Bareqet (Hebrew בָּרֶ֫קֶת, Strong's H1304) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “gem”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H1304A: gem

a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
Also means: bar.qat (בָּֽרְקַת "gem" H1304B)

H1304B: gem

a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
Another spelling of ba.re.qet (בָּרֶ֫קֶת "gem" H1304A)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcarbuncle (3)
BSBemerald (3)

Verses

Every verse with Bareqet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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