King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7718
Transliteration: shoham
Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-ham)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Meaning: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Word Summary
shoham: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Original Word: שֹׁהַםTransliteration: shoham
Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-ham)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Meaning: (a gem) perhaps an onyx
Strong's Concordance
onyx From an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color) -- onyx.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7718. shoham
I. שֹׁ֫הַם noun masculineJob 28:16 a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus RiHWB 2, 336 f., onyx TaylorHast. DB iii. 624, beryl RidgewayEncy. Bib. 545, malachite Myresib. 4808, etc.; compare also DrGenesis 2:12 (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu DlWB 488); — הַשּׁ ׳אֶבֶן 2:12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land „avilah; שׁ ׳אַבְנֵי Exodus 25:7; 28:9; 35:9, 27; 39:6 (all P), 1 Chronicles 29:2; אֶבֶן omitted Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); ׳שׁ וְסַמִּיר יָקָר Job 28:16.