King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2830
Transliteration: chashmal
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-mal')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps amber
Meaning: bronze, polished spectrum metal
Word Summary
chashmal: perhaps amber
Original Word: חַשְׁמַלTransliteration: chashmal
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-mal')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps amber
Meaning: bronze, polished spectrum metal
Strong's Concordance
amber Of uncertain derivation; probably bronze or polished spectrum metal -- amber.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2830. chashmal
חַשְׁמַל noun [masculine] etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q. v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, ᵐ5 ἤλεκτρον (see Liddell & Scott under the word
2), ᵑ9 electrum; see also Dl in BaerEzech. xii; only in the combination ח ׳כְּעֵין like the appearance of ׳ח Ezekiel 1:4, 27; הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה בְּעֵין 8:2 (on ending הָ֯ see Ges§ 90, 2 R a; Co strike out)