Lexicon bahat: perhaps porphyry Original Word: בַּ֫הַטPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: bahat Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-hat) Short Definition: porphyry NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionperhaps porphyry NASB Translationporphyry (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs בַּ֫הַט noun [masculine] a costly stone, perhaps porphyry (compare Egyptian behiti, behet, behat Brugsch Dict. v. 438 Dümichen Geschichte 167 f. Wendel Altäg. Bau- u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f.; ᵐ5 has σμαραγδίτης), Esther 1:6 עַל וָֿשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ֑רֶת׳ִרצֲפַת ב upon a pavement of porphyry and marble, etc. Strong's red marble From an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps alabaster -- red (marble). |
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