hebrew #923 - בּהט bahat (perhaps porphyry)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance red marble From an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps alabaster -- red (marble). Englishman's Concordance 1) a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten) Same Word by TWOT Number: 206 Brown-Driver-Briggsבַּ֫הַטnoun [masculine]a costly stone, perhaps porphyry (compare Egyptian behiti, behet, behat BrugschDict. v. 438 DümichenGeschichte 167 f. WendelAltäg. Bau- u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f.; ᵐ5 has σμαραγδίτης), Esther 1:6עַלוָֿשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ֑רֶת׳ִרצֲפַת בupon a pavement of porphyry and marble, etc. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 923. בַּ֫הַט (bahat) — 1 OccurrenceEsther 1:6 |