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.
"You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald;
And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
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.
"You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald;
And they mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;
"You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.
the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
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