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Strong's #5306 - נֹפֶךְ

Transliteration
nôphek
Phonetics
no'-fek
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root meaning to glisten
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1391
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a precious stone in the high priest’s breastplate

1a) perhaps an emerald, turquoise, ruby, or carbuncle

2) jewels imported from Tyre

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 440 ‑ ἄνθραξ (anth'‑rax);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (4)
Exodus 2
Ezekiel 2
NAS (4)
Exodus 2
Ezekiel 2
HCS (4)
Exodus 2
Ezekiel 2
BSB (4)
Exodus 2
Ezekiel 2
ESV (2)
Ezekiel 2
WEB (4)
Exodus 2
Ezekiel 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2420) kpn (נפכ NPK) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

gm ) kpfn (נופכ NWPK) - Nophek: An unknown stone. KJV (4): emerald - Strongs: H5306 (נֹפֶךְ)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 נֹ֫פֶךְ noun [masculine] a precious stone which Tyre gained by trade Ezekiel 27:16 (where ׳נ doubted by Berthol, queried by Toy: Hpt), compare Ezekiel 28:13 (symbolic of wealth and honour of king of Tyre); in high priest's breastplate Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11. Perhaps = ruby or carbuncle ᵐ5 Joseph. ἄνθραξ, ᵑ9 carbunculus, compare Di Ex Kau Ex Sgfr Ezek Co Berthol; ᵑ7 AV emerald.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נֹפֶךְ m. a kind of gum, but what, it is uncertain (comp. the kindred פּוּךְ) Exodus 28:18, 39:11 Ezekiel 27:16, 28:13. The LXX. render it three times by ἄνθραξ, i.e. carbuncle. I define nothing as to what it is.


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List of Word Forms
בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ בנפך נֹ֔פֶךְ נֹ֥פֶךְ נפך bə·nō·p̄eḵ Benofech bənōp̄eḵ nō·p̄eḵ Nofech nōp̄eḵ
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