King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H306
Transliteration: achlamah
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-law'-maw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: amethyst
Meaning: a gem, the amethyst
Word Summary
achlamah: amethyst
Original Word: אַחְלָמָהTransliteration: achlamah
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-law'-maw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: amethyst
Meaning: a gem, the amethyst
Strong's Concordance
amethyst Perhaps from chalam (and thus dream-stone); a gem, probably the amethyst -- amethyst.
see HEBREW chalam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H306. achlamah
אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N derived from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Josephus; see also LagGGA 1884, 285, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exodus 28:19; 39:12.