Nôphek — H5306

Definition

masculine noun

shining; a gem, probably the garnet

1. a precious stone in the high priest's breastplate
1. perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2. jewels imported from Tyre

Usually translated as

emerald

Origin

from an unused root meaning to glisten

Greek equivalents

• ánthrax (G440)

Occurrences

Nôphek occurs 4 times in the King James.

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

• Exodus 28:18 — And the second row shall be an emerald (נֹ֥פֶךְ), a sapphire, and a diamond.
• Exodus 39:11 — And the second row, an emerald (נֹ֥פֶךְ), a sapphire, and a diamond.
• Ezekiel 27:16 — Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds (בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ), purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
• 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, the sapphire, the emerald (נֹ֔פֶךְ), 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.