Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1304: בָּרֶקֶת

bâreqeth · pronounced baw-reh'-keth · “gem”

Definition

a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald

KJV translates it as: carbuncle.

Word origin: or בָּרְקַתxlit bârᵉkath corrected to bârᵉqath; from H1300 (בָּרָק);

Extended definition

a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
Also means: bar.qat (בָּֽרְקַת "gem" H1304B)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1304 is translated

  • a beryl ×2
  • beryl ×1

Bible verses with H1304 (bâreqeth)

Bâreqeth appears in 3 verses.

  • Exodus 28:17

    And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

  • Exodus 39:10

    And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.