Job 28:6
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
σάπφειρος
sáppheiros
a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Key Terms in This Verse
זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →Cross References
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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