The precious stone in each shoulder piece of the ephod, and one of those in the breastplate of the high priest. Its Hebrew name is shoham; but this has five different translations in the LXX, and its identity is uncertain. Genesis 2:12; Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9,20; Exodus 35:9,27; Exodus 39:6,13; 1 Chronicles 29:2; Job 28:16 Ezekiel 28:13 .