Category: FUN FACTS & INFORMATION

Carbuncle appears 3 times in the Scripture.
The Hebrew word is from a root meaning “to glitter,” “lighten,” “flash.” When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and hence is called “carbunculus”, i.e., a little coal.

It was one of the jewels in the first row of the high priest’s breastplate.

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.

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Chalcedony appears once in the Scripture.

Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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Chrysolyte appears once in Scripture.

Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolyte ; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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Chrysoprasus appears once in the Scripture.

Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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Coral appears 2 times in the Scripture.

Job 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral , or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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.

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Beryl appears 8 times in the Scripture.
It was one of the jewels in the fourth row of the high priest’s breastplate.
Exodus 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
Exodus 39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
Song of Solomon 5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
Ezekiel 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Ezekiel 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
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.
Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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Emerald appears 5 times in the Scripture.
It was one of the jewels in the second row of the high priest’s breastplate.

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 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.

Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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Amethyst appears 3 times in the Scripture:
It was one of the jewels in the third row of the high priest’s breastplate.

Exodus 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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Amber appears 3 times in the Scripture.
Note: Interesting – colour ofamber.

Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

Ezekiel 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

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Amber appears 3 times in the Scripture.
Colour of Amber: Ezekiel 1:4, 1:27, 8:2

Bdellium appears 2 times in the Scripture.
A colour: Genesis 2:12, Manna – Numbers 11:7

Black appears 18 times in the Scripture.
Black Hair – Leviticus 13:31,37, Song of Solomon 5:11, Matthew5:36,
Black Clouds – 1 Kings 18:45, Jeremiah 8:21,14:1,
Black pavement – Ester 1:6,
Black skin – Job 30:30, Song of Solomon 1:5,6, Lamentations 5:10,
Black Horses – Zechariah 6:2,6, Revelation 6:5,
The SUN – Revelation 6:12

Blue appears 49 times in the Scripture.
Blue Cloth, Lace – 34 times in Exodus, 6 times in Numbers,
3 Times in Chronicles, 2 times in Esther, Once in Jeremiah,
and 3 times in Ezekiel. Appears to be a Royal Color.

Crimson appears 5 times in the Scripture.
Crimson Cloth –2 Chronicles 2:7,14 3:15, Jeremiah 4:30
Crimson Sin – Isaiah 1:18

Gold appears 419 times in the Scripture. Most of the time as a metal.

Green appears 41 times in the Scripture:
(As a Fruit, Grass, Herb, Tree, Vegetable),
Green Cloth – Esther 1:6

Emerald 5 times in the Scripture
(a gem) Exodus 28:18, 39:11, Ezekiel 28:13, Revelation 4:3,21:19

Marble appears 4 times in the Scripture as material things were made of, a color of its own.

Purple appears 48 times in the Scripture
Purple Cloth – Appears to be a Royal Color.
(They clothed the Lord Jesus in Purple to mock Him –
Mark 15:17,20, Luke 16:19, John 19:2,5)

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