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It is the seventh stone in Ezekiel 28:13 (in the Hebrew text, but occurring fifth in the Greek translation). The stones is also mentioned with frequency elsewhere (Exodus 24:10, Job 28:6,16, Song 5:14, Isaiah 54:11, Lamentations 4:7; Ezekiel 1:26, 10:1). Sappheiros is also the second foundation stone of the celestial Jerusalem (Revelations 21:19).
In Revelation 21:20, one of the foundation stones of the New Jerusalem is hyacinth (Greek: hyakinthos). [7] However, Strong's Concordance and Thayer's Greek Lexicon describe this as a stone of the colour of the hyacinth plant, i.e. dark blue. [8] The stone intended may be the sapphire. [9]
Taking the majority view of scholars regarding the identity of the gems, and including the implication from the Book of Revelation that the onyx at the end of the fourth row was a sardonyx, there are four colors – red, green, yellow, and blue – each represented by a clear gem (red – carbuncle, green – heliodor, yellow – chrysolite ...
1 Corinthians 13:4-6 "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at ...
6. “Iron sharpens iron, as one person sharpens another.” — Proverbs 27:17 7. “So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13
Woman's Day/Getty Images. Mark 3:25 “And a house torn apart by divisions will collapse.” ... RELATED: Beautiful Bible Verses About God's Love and Loving Others. Woman's Day/Getty Images.
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
The stone is usually called Alatyr (Russian: Алатырь), Alabor (Russian: ала́бор), Alabyr (Russian: ала́бы́рь) or Latyr (Russian: ла́тырь) and sometimes white stone or blue stone. Alatyr has an uncertain etymology. The name has been compared to the word "altar" [2] [3] and to the town of Alatyr.