Bahaṭ — H923

Definition

masculine noun

white marble or perhaps alabaster

1. a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble

Usually translated as

red

Origin

from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten)

Greek equivalents

• smáragdos (G4665)

Occurrences

Bahaṭ occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (1)

• Esther 1:6 — Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red (בַּהַט), and blue, and white, and black, marble.