Chashmal — H2830

Definition

masculine noun

probably bronze or polished spectrum metal

1. a shining substance, amber or electrum or bronze (uncertain)

Usually translated as

amber

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Chashmal occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (3)

• Ezekiel 1:4 — And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber (הַחַשְׁמַ֖ל), out of the midst of the fire.
• Ezekiel 1:27 — And I saw as the colour of amber (חַשְׁמַ֗ל), as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
• Ezekiel 8:2 — Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber (הַחַשְׁמַֽלָה).