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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שְׁבוּ

שְׁבוּ

H7618

Transliteration: shᵉbûw

Pronunciation: sheb-oo'

Definition: agate


Original: שׁבוּ

Transliteration: shebû

Phonetic: sheb-oo'

BDB Definition:

  1. a precious stone (in the high priest's breastplate)
    1. probably an agate

Origin: from an unused root (probably identical with that of H7617" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7617 through the idea of subdivision into flashes or streamers [compare H7632" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7632] meaning to flame

TWOT entry: 2311e

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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