Stone and Rock

אֶ֫בֶן274 n.f. Gn 29:2 (m. 1 S 17:40?) stone (Assyrian abnu, = the sharp, projecting? v. DlW, Pr 107; Ph. אבן; Aramaic. אֶבֶן, ܐܰܒܢܳܐ; Ethiopic እብን Sab. אבנ[ם] DHMZMG 1883, 341) = א׳ abs. Gn 28:22 +; אָ֑בֶן 11:3 +; cstr. 49:24 +; sf. אַבְנוֹ 2 K 3:25; אֲבָנִים Gn 31:46 +, etc.;—a stone (large or small). 1. in natural state, used as pillow Gn 28:11, 18 (E); seat Ex 17:12 (E); cover of well Gn 29:3(×2), 8, 10 (J) causing one to stumble Is 8:14; marring good ground 2 K 3:19, 25; hand-missile Ex 21:18 (JE) Nu 35:17, 23 (P) 2 S 16:6, 13, especially in judicial stoning, with vb. רָגַם Lv 20:2, 27; 24:23 Nu 14:10; 15:35, 36 Jos 7:25a (all P), so also Dt 21:21 2 Ch 24:21 Ez 16:40; 23:47; cf. 1 K 12:18 = 2 Ch 10:18; with vb. סָקַל Dt 13:11; 17:5; 22:21, 24 1 K 21:13; also Jos 7:25b (JE or D); sling-stones Ju 20:16 1 S 17:40, 49(×2), 50 2 Ch 26:14; hurled by engines 2 Ch 26:15; set up for inscribing law Dt 27:2, 4, 8 Jos 8:32 (all D); as memorial Jos 4:3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21 (JED) 1 S 7:12; as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה) Gn 28:18; 35:14 (anointed with oil), 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל) cf. יִשְׂרָאֵל (רֹעֶה)א׳ Gn 49:24 (v. Di); as witness 31:45 cf. Jos 24:26, 27 (all JE); pl. gathered into heap (גַּל) over dead, Jos 7:26 (v. Di) 8:29 cf. 10:18, 27 (JE) 2 S 18:17; גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact Gn 31:46(×2) (JE); built into altar Ex 20:25 Dt 27:5, 6 (JED) Jos 8:31 1 K 18:31, 32, 38; cf. 2 K 23:15 𝔊 Klo (for הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden) א׳ מַשְׂכִּית Lv 26:1 (H); א׳ גדולה where ark rested 1 S 6:14, 15 also v 18 (MT אבל q.v.); (v. for other noteworthy stones 9. infr.) 2. stone, as material, of tablets Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1 (pl.) v 4(×2) (JE) Dt 4:13; 5:19; 9:9, 10, 11; 10:1, 3; of vessels, hence prob. Ex 7:19 (P; א׳ = vessels of stone ‖ עצים) v. Di; idols (‖ עץ) Dt 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:16 2 K 19:18 = Is 37:19; also Je 3:9 Ez 20:32; pavement 2 K 16:17; edifice 1 K 6:7 cf. Gn 11:3; also 2 S 5:11 2 K 12:13 1 Ch 22:15; often pl. of (worked) stones Lv 14:40, 42(×2), 43, 45 (P; in wall of house) 2 K 22:6 +, cf. of city-wall Ne 3:35; of (ruined) city 1 K 15:22 Ne 3:34; tomb Is 14:19; אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת (costly building-stones) 1 K 5:31; 7:9, 10, 11 (v. also sub 3); אַבְנֵי־שַׁיִשׁ = marble (v. 𝔊) 1 Ch 29:2; אַבְנֵי גָזִית = hewn stones 1 K 5:31 1 Ch 22:2 Ez 40:42 (for altar-tables),—cf. גָּזִית" dir="rtl" >גָּזִית; א׳ מַחְצֵב 2 K 12:13; 22:6 2 Ch 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone Is 28:16 Je 51:26 Jb 38:6 ψ 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building, הָא׳ הָרִאשֹׁנָה Zc 4:7 (but v. רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה ψ 118:22 as above), Zc 3:9 upon one stone seven eyes, prob. refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are symbol of God’s watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, v. GutheZPV 1890, 129; stone-cutters חָרָשֵׁי א׳ 2 S 5:11 1 Ch 22:15; חֹצְבֵי הָא׳ 2 K 12:13 cf. 1 Ch 22:2. 3. precious stone, gen. with modifying word א׳ יְקָרָה coll. 2 S 12:30 1 K 10:2 + often (v. 2); א׳ הַשֹׁהַם Gn 2:12 (J) cf. Ex 25:7; 28:9; 35:9, 27; 39:6 (P) 1 Ch 29:2; א׳ מִלֻּאִים Ex 25:7; 35:9, 27 cf. 1 Ch 29:2; א׳ סַפִּיר Ez 1:26; 10:1; אַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּח Is 54:12; א׳ חֵפֶץ ib.; אַבְנֵי פוּךְ וְרִקְמָה 1 Ch 29:2; א׳ חֵן Pr 17:8; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ (stones of fire) Ez 28:14, 16 as precious stones = Assyrian aban išâti (?) v. DlPa 118 & W 40; but Sm al. thunderbolts; also without distinctive modifier Ex 25:7; 35:9; חָרַשׁ א׳ engraver in stone Ex 28:11 cf. 31:5; 35:33 (P). †4. stones containing metal, = ore, Dt 8:9 (v. Di) Jb 28:2 cf. v. 3. †5. a weight, as orig. stone (v. Pr 27:3 cf. Eng. weight stone = 14 lb) אַבְנֵי־כִיס Pr 16:11 (cf. Assyrian DlW 38); א׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 S 14:26 (i.e. according to royal standard; cf. COT Gn 23:16); א׳ וָא׳ Dt 25:13 Pr 20:10, 23 (i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); כִּיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה Mi 6:11; just weights אַבְנֵי־צֶדֶק Lv 19:36; א׳ שְׁלֵמָה Pr 11:1; hence also heavy mass of metal (lead) Zc 5:8. †6. plummet Is 34:11 (stones of devastation, or emptiness, cf. on sense 2 K 21:13 Am 7:7, 8); also made of metal הא׳ הַבְּדִּיל Zc 4:10 (conversely plummet from plumbum). †7. objectslike stones; partic. hail, explicitly, אַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד Jos 10:11 cf. Is 30:30; א׳ אֶלְגָּבִישׁ Ez 13:11, 13; 38:22; but also גְּדֹלוֹת אֲבָנִים Jos 10:11 (E) (cf. Assyrian DlW 38); lime-stones אַבְנֵי־גִד Is 27:9. 8. in sim. (mostly poet.) of sinking in water Ex 15:5 = Ne 9:11; motionlessness Ex 15:16; strength Jb 6:12; firmness 41:16; solidity (of ice) 38:30; in prose, of commonness 1 K 10:27 2 Ch 1:15; also metaph. of one in fear 1 S 25:37 (i.e. petrified with terror, cf. Ex 15:16 supr.); לֵב הָא׳ = perverse, hard heart Ez 11:19; 36:26; אַבְנֵי־נֵזֶר Zc 9:16 (of ransomed Isr.)—א׳ personif. Hb 2:11 cf. v 19; cf. Ez 13:11 (v. 7 supr.) †9. In topogr. terms (nearly = n.pr.); אֶבֶן בֹּהַן Jos 15:6; 18:17; א׳ הָעֶזֶר 1 S 5:1 cf. 7:12, also 4:1 (We Dr); הָא׳ הָאָ֑זֶל 1 S 20:19, read הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז v. 𝔊 here & v 41 (We Dr Klo); א׳ הַזֹּחֶלֶת 1 K 1:9 (where WeSkizzen III,171 comp. Ar. Zuḥal = Saturn).

† I. צוּר n.m. Jb 29:6 rock, cliff;—צ׳ abs. Ex 17:6 +, cstr. Dt 8:15 +; sf. צוּרִי 2 S 22:3, etc.; pl. צֻרִים Nu 23:9 +, צוּרוֹת Jb 28:10; cstr. צוּרֵי 1 S 24:3 (Gi v 2);— 1. a. rocky wall, cliff, Ex 17:6(×2) (E), Dt 8:15 (צ׳ הַחַלָּמִישׁ), Is 48:21(×2) ψ 78:15, 20; 105:41; 114:8 (‖ חַלָּמִישׁ); בּוֹא בַצּ׳ Is 2:10, בִּמְעָרוֹת צֻרִים v 19, בְּנִקְרוֹת הַצּ׳ v 21, cf. Ex 33:21, 22 (JE); yielding honey (from its clefts) ψ 81:17 (cf. Dt 32:13; Dy PerlesAnal. 34 We read צוּף); as look-out Nu 23:9 (JE), home of goats 1 S 24:3 (Gi v 2), snow-covered Je 18:14; bearing (olives for) oil Dt 32:13 (חַלְמִישׁ צ׳), Jb 29:6; resort of homeless 24:8, pierced by miners 28:10, cf. perhaps שִׁית בְּצ׳ נְחָלִים אוֹפִיר 22:24 deposit (thy) gold in the rock of the wadys (most sub צֹר pebble); as quarry, fig. of Abr. as ancestor of Isr. Is 51:1; place of security 1 Ch 11:15, צ׳ הַמִּישׁוֹר Je 21:13 (of city), fig. ψ 27:5; 61:3; symb. of firmness Na 1:6; Jb 14:18; 18:4; enduring material 19:24. b. rock with flat surface 2 S 21:10; Pr 30:19. c. block of stone, boulder Ju 6:21; 13:19 (as altar); cf. צוּר מִכְשׁוֹל Is 8:14 (‖ אֶבֶן נֶגֶף). d. rock with specif. name, צ׳ עוֹרֵב Ju 7:25; Is 10:26. 2. a. fig. of God (33 times) as support and defence of his people (often ‖ אֱלֹהִים, י׳, etc.), צ׳ מָעֻזֵּךְ Is 17:10, צ׳ מָעוֹז ψ 31:3, צ׳ עֻזִּי 62:8, צ׳ מָעוֹן 71:3, צ׳ יְשֻׁעָתוֹ Dt 32:15 cf. 2 S 22:47 b (but del., v. ‖ ψ 18:47), ψ 89:27; 95:1, צ׳ וִישׁוּעָתִי 62:3, 7, צ׳ מַחְסִי 94:22, צ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Is 30:29; 2 S 23:3 (personif.), צוּרִי ψ 18:3, 47 = 2 S 22:3, 47a, ψ 19:15; 28:1; 92:16; 144:1, צ׳ לְבָבִי 73:26, צוּרֵנוּ Dt 32:31, צוּרָם v 30 ψ 78:35; c. בְּ essent. בְּיָהּ י׳ צ׳ עוֹלָמִים Is 26:4 (cf. ψ 62:8; v. ב I. 7 c); as n.pr. dei (the) Rock Dt 32:4, 18 (צ׳ יְלָֽדְךָ), v 37 Hb 1:12, + (perhaps) ψ 75:6 (read בַּצּוּר, v. צַוָּאר; v. also פְּדָהצוּר). b. of a heathen god Dt 32:31, 37, cf. Is 44:8, מִי צוּר מִבַּלְעֲדֵי א׳ 2 S 22:32 ‖ ψ 18:32, cf. 1 S 2:2.—Vid. also בֵּית־צוּר" dir="rtl" >בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים" dir="rtl" >חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים.—ψ 89:44 v. צֹר²" dir="rtl" >צֹר sub צָרַר³" dir="rtl" >III. צרר, 49:15 v. צוּרָה" dir="rtl" >צוּרָה sub צוּר³" dir="rtl" >IV. צור.

λίθος [ῐ], ου, o((see. below 11), stone, Refs 8th c.BC+; especially of the stones thrown by warriors, τρηχὺς λ., λ. ὀκριόεις, Refs 8th c.BC+; also, stonequoit, Refs 8th c.BC+; of building- stones, λίθοι βασιλικοί Refs 5th c.BC+; λίθον ἕψειν 'to lose one's labour', Refs 5th c.BC+; also of stupid persons, 'blockheads', λίθοι Refs 6th c.BC+; λ. τις, ou) dou/lh Refs 3rd c.BC+; προσηγορεύθη διὰ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν λ., of Niobe, Refs 5th c.BC+; λίθῳ λαλεῖς proverbial of ἀναίσθητοι, Refs __2 stone as a substance, opposed to wood, flesh, etc., ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Refs 8th c.BC+; λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησε turned into stone, petrified,Refs 8th c.BC+; as an emblem of hard-heartedness, σοὶ δ᾽ αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II λίθος, ἡ, twice in Refs 8th c.BC+: later mostly of some special stone, as the magnet is called Μαγνῆτις λ. by Refs 5th c.BC+; also Λυδία λ. by Refs 5th c.BC+ = touchstone); Ἡρακλεία λ. by Refs 5th c.BC+; so of a touchstone, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ διαφανὴς λ. a piece of crystal used for a burning-glass, Refs 5th c.BC+; χυτὴ λ. was perhaps a kind of glass, and so an older name for ὕαλος, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. = precious stone is feminine in Refs 5th c.BC+; in the sense of marble mostly masculine, λευκὸς λ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Πάριος λ. Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. Θάσιος, Αἰγύπτιος, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; compare λυχνίας, -ίτη; πώρινος λ. tufa, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 collectively, πέφυκε λίθος.. ἄφθονος, ἐξ οὗ.. Refs 5th c.BC+ __III grave-stone (feminine), Refs 3rd c.BC+ __IV at Athens, λίθος, ὁ, was a name for various blocks of stone used for rostra or platforms, as, __IV.1 the βῆμα (which see) of the Pnyx, Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV.2 another in the ἀγορά used by the κήρυκες, Refs 1st c.AD+; probably the same as ὁ πρατὴρ λ., on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc., Refs 2nd c.AD+ __IV.3 an altar in the ἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, Refs 4th c.BC+; compare λιθωμότης. __IV.4 two stones on which litigants stood in the Areopagus, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __V piece on a draughtboard, Refs 7th c.BC+ __VI in Medicine texts, stone in the bladder, calculus, Refs 5th c.BC+ __VII Δία λίθον ὀμνύναι, = Latin Jovem lapidem jurare, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __VIII λίθοι χαλάζης hail- stones, LXX __IX λ. ὁ οὐ λ. the philosophers' stone, Refs 5th c.BC+

† גָּזִית n.f. a cutting, hewing—גָּזִית Ex 20:25 + 10 times, always abs.;—hewing, אַבְנֵי ג׳ = hewn stones (building-stones) 1 K 5:31; 1 Ch 22:2; Ez 40:42 (for tables), cf. אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת כְּמִדּוֹת ג׳ 1 K 7:9,11 (but Klo del. as gloss, cf. 𝔊; also without אבני = hewn stones Ex 20:25 (altar) Am 5:11 (בָּֽתֵּי ג׳) Is 9:9 (opp. לְבֵנִים); טוּרֵי ג׳ 1 K 6:36, טוּרִים ג׳ 7:12; also La 3:9 גָּדַר דַּרְכִּי בְּג׳.

μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ, pearl, Refs 4th c.BC+: -ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; -ῖτις alone, Refs 1st c.BC+; -ίς alone, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II -ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† אִגְּרָה (K§ 50, 3) n.f. letter-missive (late BH אִגֶּ֫רֶת, Old Aramaic אגרת, Palm. אגרתא Lzb207);—abs. א׳ Ezr 4:8 (van d. H. -רָא); emph. אִגַּרְתָּא 4:11; 5:6. אדרגזר

ἀλάβαστος [ᾰλᾰ-] or ἄλᾰβ-στρος, ὁ (ἡ, variant in Ev Marc. 14.3), globular vase without handles for holding perfumes, often made of alabaster, Refs 5th c.BC+ is the earlier Attic dialect form, Refs 4th c.BC+: Doric dialect accusative plural ἀλαβάστρωςRefs 3rd c.BC+:—neuter ἀλάβαστρον NT+3rd c.BC+: plural ἀλάβαστρα or -τα Refs 3rd c.BC+

πετρ-ώδης, ες, like rock or stone, rocky, stony, π. κατῶρυξ, of a grave, Refs 5th c.BC+; of ground, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ π. Refs; ἄνθρωποι π. καὶ δενδρώδεις Refs 3rd c.AD+

λῐθ-ῐνος, η, ον, also ος, ον Refs 3rd c.AD+:— made of stone, Refs 6th c.BC+; λ. θάνατος, i.e. caused by seeing the Refs 5th c.BC+; but, ἕστηκε λίθινος, of a statue, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ λ. marble statues, LXX+5th c.BC+. adverb -νως like stone, λ. βλέπειν πρός τινα, with allusion to the Refs 5th c.BC+

ψῆφος, Doric dialect ψᾶφος, Aeolic dialect ψᾶφαξ, ἡ, genitive plural ψηφάων Refs 4th c.AD+: (ψάω):—a small round worn stone, pebble, ψᾶφος ἑλισσομένα Refs 5th c.BC+; ψήφῳ μούνῃ διατετρανέεις, opposed to μόγις ἂν λίθῳ παίσας διαρρήξειας, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψ. ἄμμου a grain of sand, LXX __2 precious stone, gem, Refs 2nd c.AD+; especially worn in a ring, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II accusative to the various uses made of such pebbles: __II.1 pebble used for reckoning, counter, λογίζεσθαι ψήφοις calculate or reckon by abacus, cipher, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence to reckon exactly or accurately, opposed to ἀπὸ χειρὸς λ., Refs 5th c.BC+ itself for a cipher, number, πὸτ ἄρτιον (i.e. ἀριθμὸν) ποτθέμειν.. ψᾶφον Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, accounts, καθαραὶ ψ., where there is an exact balance, Refs 4th c.BC+calculators, Refs 1st c.AD+; δακτυλικὴ ψ. reckoning on the fingers, Refs 6th c.AD+; of astrological calculations, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.1.b in Magic, κατέχων τὴν ψ. (i. e. the object on which the number is written) λέγε.. Refs __II.2 pebble used for a draughts- or chess-man, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2.b pebble used by jugglers, ψηφάων παῖκται Refs 4th c.AD+ __II.3 pebble used in divination, ἡ διὰ ψήφων μαντική Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.4 cube used in mosaic pavements, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.5 pebble used in voting, ψήφῳ ψηφίζεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, the vote itself, ψῆφον φέρειν give one's vote, ἐν καρδίᾳ ψ. φέροντες Refs 5th c.BC+; ψῆφον τίθεσθαι, ={ψηφίζεσθαι}, Refs 5th c.BC+; with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψήφῳ διαιρεῖν to determine by vote, Refs 4th c.BC+; ψήφῳ κρίνειν, Refs 5th c.BC+ a vote is taken, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷς ἂν πλείστη γένηται ψ. a majority of votes, Refs 5th c.BC+ to put the vote or question, of the president, Refs 5th c.BC+; διένεμον (variants διενέμοντο, ἔφερον) τὰς ψ. were casting their votes, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπὸ ψήφου μιᾶς with one accord, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψ. φανερά open voting, ψ. φανερὰν διενεγκεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ψ. ἀφανής voting by ballot, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.5.b that which is carried by vote, a vote, ψ. καταγνώσεως a vote of condemnation, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψῆφος αὐτῷ ἐπῆκτο περὶ φυγῆς a vote of banishment was moved for against him, Refs 5th c.BC+ —hence, __II.5.c any resolve or decree, ψ. τυράννων Refs 5th c.BC+; λιθίνα ψᾶφος a decree written on stone, Refs 5th c.BC+; διδοῖ ψᾶφον περ᾽ αὐτᾶς [the oak] gives judgement of itself, Refs; ψ. φλεγυρὰ βροτῶν, i. e. public opinion, Refs 5th c.BC+; τίν᾽ ἂν ψῆφον θεῖ; what judgment.. ? Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.5.d Ἀθηνᾶς ψ., calculus Minervae, proverbial phrase to express acquittal, when the votes were even, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.5.e ψ. is sometimes omitted, κἂν ἴσαι γένωνται Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.5.f Διὸς ψῆφος (ψῆφοι Refs 5th c.AD+ of the scene of contest betw. Athena and Poseidon, Refs __II.5.g Κόννου ψ., negligible quantity, cipher, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.6 place of voting, tribunal, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.7 metaphorically, influence, πόλις μεγάλην ψ. ἔχουσα Refs 4th c.AD+

† חָצָץ n.[m.] gravel (as divided, comminuted; Aramaic חֲצִיצָא, ܚܨܳܨܳܐ )—only abs. ח׳ Pr 20:17; La 3:16 [חֲצָצֶיךָ ψ 77:18 v. חֵץ].—יִמָּלֵּא־פִיהוּ ח׳ Pr 20:17 fig. of a liar; וַיַּגְרֵס בח׳ שִׁנָּ֑י La 3:16 and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel-stones, fig. of י׳’s dealings with sufferer.

† מַחְצֵב n.[m.] hewing, always אַבְנֵי מ׳ = hewn stones 2 K 12:13; 22:6 = 2 Ch 34:11 (in all ‖ עֵצִים).

† [אֹבֶן] n.[m.] wheel, disc.—Du. הָאָבְנָ֑יִם— 1. potter’s wheel Je 18:3 (two discs revolving one above the other; name from likeness to mill-stones; v. AW18). 2. עַל־הָא׳ Ex 1:16 prob. = sella parturientis, = δίφροι λοχειαῖοι bearing-stool, midwife’s stool (fr. likeness to potter’s wheel; on custom of labor upon stool v. PlossDas Weib, 2nd ed. ii, 35, 179 etc. & Cesnola Coll. fr. Cyprus, Metrop. Mus., N. York, No. 614, terra cotta fig. fr. 4th or 5th cent. b.c.; Descriptive Atlas of Cesn. Coll. I, pl. lxvi. No. 435; cf. W. H. W[ard]PESoc. 2nd Statement 1873, p. 76). SpiegelbergZA xiv (1900), 269 ff.; Randglossen 19 ff. expl. as the two stones [read אַבְנַיִם], i.e. bearing-stool of ‘stones’ = bricks, tiles.

λῐθό-στρωτος, ον, paved with stones, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 especially of tessellated work, λ. ἔδαφος Refs 1st c.BC+; λ., τό, mosaic or tessellated pavement, NT+4th c.BC+ (Cyprus, -στρατ-), Roussel Délos: Colonie Athénienne p.422, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† בַּ֫הַט n.[m.] a costly stone, perhaps porphyry (cf. Egyptian behiti, behet, behat Brugsch Dict. v. 438 Dümichen Gesch. 167 f. WendelAltäg. Bau- u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f.; 𝔊 has σμαραγδίτης), Est 1:6 עַל רִֽצֲפַת ב׳־וָשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ֑רֶת upon a pavement of porphyry and marble, etc.

† [סֹחֶ֫רֶת] n.f. a stone used (with marble) in paving (cf. Assyrian siḫru, a precious stone, DlHWB 495);—סֹחָ֑רֶת Est 1:6.