Yâshᵉphêh — H3471

Definition

masculine noun

a gem supposed to be jasper (from the resemblance in name)

1. jasper (a precious stone)

Usually translated as

jasper

Origin

from an unused root meaning to polish

Greek equivalents

• íaspis (G2393)

Occurrences

Yâshᵉphêh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Exodus 28:20 — And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper (וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה): they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
• Exodus 39:13 — And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper (וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה): they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
• Ezekiel 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper (וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה), the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.