Lexicon achlamah: amethyst Original Word: אַחְלָ֫מָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: achlamah Phonetic Spelling: (akh-law'-maw) Short Definition: amethyst NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionamethyst NASB Translationamethyst (2), GOD (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; Hal JAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; Dl HA 36 N derived from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Josephus; see also Lag GGA 1884, 285, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exodus 28:19; Exodus 39:12. Strong's amethyst Perhaps from chalam (and thus dream-stone); a gem, probably the amethyst -- amethyst. see HEBREW chalam |
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