Lexical Summary pitdah: (a precious stone) perhaps topaz Original Word: פִטְדָהTransliteration: pitdah Phonetic Spelling: (pit-daw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: (a precious stone) perhaps topaz Meaning: (a precious stone) perhaps topaz Strong's Concordance topaz Of foreign derivation; a gem, probably the topaz -- topaz. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6357. pitdah מִּטְדָה noun feminine (masculine according to AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 108) topaz or chrysolite (according to ᵐ5 τοπάζιον, ᵑ9 topazius, etc.; probably foreign word, compare Sanskrit pîta (properly yellow)); — named with other precious stones Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:17 = 39:10; construct מִּטְדַתכּֿוּשׁ Job 28:19. — See PlinNH xxxvii. 8 -32, Houghton in SmDB, Topaz RiHWB, Edelstein. |
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