Nophekh נֹ֫פֶךְ

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Nophekh
נֹ֫פֶךְ
Transliterationnophekh
Strong's numberH5306
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossemerald
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inExodus (2)

Nophekh (Hebrew נֹ֫פֶךְ, Strong's H5306) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “emerald”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) a precious stone in the high priest's breastplate
1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2) jewels imported from Tyre

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

Translated as

KJVemerald (3), emeralds (1)
BSBturquoise (4)

Verses

Every verse with Nophekh, 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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