amethyst,
Gad; jasper, Benjamin; chrysolite, Simeon; sapphire, Issachar; agate,
Naphthali; onyx, Joseph; sard, Reuben; emerald, Judah; topaz, Dan;
beryl, Asher.
Then there is a list given in the description of the ornaments of the Prince of Tyrus (Eze-kiel xxviii., 13) : 1, Odem; 2, Pitdah; 3, Yaha-lorn; 4, Tarshish; 5, Sholiam; 6, Yashpeh; 7, Sappir; 8, NofeJc; 9, Bareketh.
In
the description of the Heavenly City, (Revelations xxi., 19, 20),
another list is given; in this list, which follows, the word used in
the original, or Septuagint, is followed by the rendering given by
most authorities, that of the Revised Version in parentheses: 1, Jaspis, jasper; 2, Sapfeiros, sapphire or lapis lazuli; 3, Chalkedon, chalcedony; 4, Smaragdos, sma-ragd (emerald); 5, Sardonyx, sardonyx; 6, Sar-dios, sardius; 7, Chrysolithos, chrysolite; 8, Beryllos, beryl; 9, Topazion, topaz; 10, Chryso-prasos, chrysoprase; 11, Hyakinthos, jacinth (sapphire) ; 12, Amethystos, amethyst.
Other references to gems in the Bible indicate the diamond as shamir, amber as hashmal, and crystal (quartz) as gerah and gabish, amethyst as ahlamah, and it is thought that the pearl is meant by the Hebrew word peninim, a
