Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5306: נֹפֶךְ

nôphek · pronounced no'-fek · “emerald”

Definition

shining; a gem, probably the garnet

KJV translates it as: emerald.

Word origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten;

Extended definition

1) a precious stone in the high priest's breastplate
1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle
2) jewels imported from Tyre

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

How H5306 is translated

  • turquoise ×2
  • will be a turquoise ×1
  • was a turquoise ×1

Bible verses with H5306 (nôphek)

Nôphek appears in 4 verses.

  • Exodus 28:18

    And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

  • Exodus 39:11

    And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

  • Ezekiel 27:16

    Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

  • 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.