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  2. Gemstones in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    At present, agate and onyx differ only in the manner in which the stone is cut: if it is cut to show the layers of colour, it is called agate; if cut parallel to the lines, onyx. Formerly, an agate that was banded with well-defined colours was the onyx. The banded agate is used for the manufacturing of cameos.

  3. Bdellium - Wikipedia

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    "Bdellium" is the common English translation in the Bible for the Hebrew bedolach (בְּדֹלַח), which appears in Genesis 2:12 and Numbers 11:7. In Genesis, it is given as a product of Havilah, where it is listed along with other precious items gold and onyx. [11]

  4. Priestly breastplate - Wikipedia

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    Onyx is an opaque and banded stone, while smaragdos is translucent, and beryl is cloudy, and all these come in several colors. Onyx was apparently mined from the pre-exilic era, making it a viable candidate for šoham. [48] "Onyx" is derived from the Greek for fingernail due to the pink-white veining.

  5. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    Masonic symbolism. The eye of God within a triangle, representing the Holy Trinity, and surrounded by holy light, representing His omniscience. Heptagram: Judaism, Islam, Thelema, Paganism, Alchemy: Represents the seven days of creation. In Islam, it represents the first seven verses of the Quran. It is the symbol of Babalon in Thelema. In ...

  6. What Is the Meaning of a White Butterfly? The Facts ... - AOL

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    If you come across a white butterfly, consider yourself lucky because they have a significant spiritual meaning; even religions like Islam believe in their luck.

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    Breaking down the legend of the head statues, or the Testa Di Moro, in Season Two of "The White Lotus," and what they all mean. White Lotus: The Legendary Meaning Behind All Those Head Statues ...

  8. Onycha - Wikipedia

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    Onycha is a play on the word onyx which was a gem. The onyx most esteemed by the ancients was the black gem. [30] The Hebrew word for onyx was shoham and “Braun traces shoham to the Arabic sachma,'blackness:' 'Of such a color,' says he, 'are the Arabian [onyxes], which have a black ground-color.'

  9. Jaazaniah - Wikipedia

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    Photograph of the face of the seal, and drawing illustrating its construction from black and white onyx. The name Jaazaniah appears on a sixth-century BC onyx seal discovered during the excavation of the Tell en-Nasbeh site, likely the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin, near Jerusalem, [4] conducted between 1926 and 1935 by William Frederic Badè of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley ...