King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1304
Transliteration: bareqeth
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-reh'-keth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an emerald
Meaning: a gem, the emerald
Word Summary
bareqeth: an emerald
Original Word: בָּרְקַתTransliteration: bareqeth
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-reh'-keth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an emerald
Meaning: a gem, the emerald
Strong's Concordance
carbuncle Or barkath {baw-rek-ath'}; from baraq; a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald -- carbuncle.
see HEBREW baraq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1304. bareqeth
בָּרֶ֫קֶת noun feminine a precious stone, emerald, according to ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Josephus; (from flashing, sparkling; LagRel. Jur. Ecclesiastes 10. compare Sanskrit markata, Greek μάραγδος, ζμύραγδος) Exodus 28:17; 39:10 (both P).
בָּֽרְקַת noun feminine id., Ezekiel 28:13, compare Ges§ 80 R. 2 PinskEinl. 73.