H923: בַּהַט
bahaṭ · pronounced bah'-hat · “porphyry”
Definition
white marble or perhaps alabaster
KJV translates it as: red (marble).
Word origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten);
Extended definition
a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H923 is translated
- porphyry ×1
Bible verses with H923 (bahaṭ)
Bahaṭ appears in 1 verse.
- Esther 1:6
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.