Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5306 - נֹפֶךְ nophek ((a precious stone) perhaps emerald)

Original Word:	נֹפֶךְ
Transliteration:	nophek
Definition:	(a precious stone) perhaps emerald
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(no'-fek)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

emerald

From an unused root meaning to glisten; shining; a gem, probably the garnet -- emerald.

Englishman's Concordance

1) a precious stone in the high priest’s breastplate
1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2) jewels imported from Tyre
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to glisten
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1391

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נֹ֫פֶךְnoun [masculine]a precious stone which Tyre gained by tradeEzekiel 27:16 (where ׳נ doubted by Berthol, queried by Toy: Hpt), compare Ezekiel 28:13 (symbolic of wealth and honour of king of Tyre); in high priest's breastplate Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11. Perhaps=ruby or carbuncleᵐ5 Joseph. ἄνθραξ, ᵑ9carbunculus, compare Di^Ex Kau^Ex Sgfr^Ezek Co Berthol; ᵑ7 AV emerald.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5306. נֹ֫פֶך (nophek) — 4 Occurrences

Exodus 28:18
HEB:וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃
NAS: row a turquoise, a sapphire
KJV: row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire,
INT: row and the second A turquoise A sapphire diamond

Exodus 39:11
HEB:וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃
NAS: row, a turquoise, a sapphire
KJV: row, an emerald, a sapphire,
INT: row and the second A turquoise A sapphire diamond

Ezekiel 27:16
HEB:מֵרֹ֣ב מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ אַרְגָּמָ֨ן וְרִקְמָ֤ה
NAS: for your wares with emeralds, purple,
KJV: in thy fairs with emeralds, purple,
INT: of the abundance of your goods emeralds purple embroidered

Ezekiel 28:13
HEB:וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה סַפִּ֣יר נֹ֔פֶךְ וּבָרְקַ֖ת וְזָהָ֑ב
NAS: The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
KJV: the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
INT: and the jasper the lapis the turquoise and the emerald and the gold

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