Or SARDINE, a species of precious stone of a blood red, or sometimes of a flesh-color. It is more commonly known by the name of carnelian, Ex 28:17; Re 4:3.
And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald.
SARDIUS, ???, so called from its redness, Ex 28:17; 39:10; Eze 28:13; ???????, Re 21:20; a precious stone of a blood-red colour. It took its Greek name from Sardis, where the best of them were found.
And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain