Greek
931. basanos -- a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals) ... ... Cognate: 931 -- originally, a black, silicon-based stone used as "a touchstone"
to the purity of precious
metals (like silver and
gold). See 928 ().
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Genesis 2:11,12The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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