Amber

(Heb. chasmal) occurs only in (Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2) It is usually supposed that the Hebrew word chasmal (denotes a metal) and not the fossil resin called amber .

Amber

Is a yellow or straw-colored gummy substance, originally a vegetable production, but reckoned in the mineral kingdom. It is found in lumps in the sea and on the shores of Prussia, Sicily, Turkey, etc. Externally it is rough; it is very transparent, and on being rubbed, yields a fragrant odor. It was formerly supposed to be medicinal, but is now employed only in the manufacture of trinkets, ornaments, etc.

The Hebrew word chasmil is translated by the Septuagint and Vulgate electrum, that is, amber, because the Hebrew denotes a very brilliant amber-like metal, composed of silver and gold, which was much prized in antiquity, Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2. Others, as Bochart, refer here to the mixture of gold and brass, of which the ancients had several kinds, some of which exhibited a high degree of luster. Something similar to this was probably also the "fine brass," in Ezra 8:27; Revelation 1:15.

(Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Hebrews, hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others "fine brass," as in Revelation 1:15; 2:18. It was probably the mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil resin. 1. (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

2. (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

3. (n.) Ambergris.

4. (n.) The balsam, liquidambar.

5. (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.

6. (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

7. (v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

8. (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

AMBER

am'-ber. See STONES, PRECIOUS.

2830. chashmal -- perhaps amber
... 2829, 2830. chashmal. 2831 . perhaps amber. Transliteration: chashmal Phonetic
Spelling: (khash-mal') Short Definition: metal. ... amber. ...
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3958. leshem -- (a precious stone) perhaps amber or jacinth
... 3957, 3958. leshem. 3959 . (a precious stone) perhaps amber or jacinth.
Transliteration: leshem Phonetic Spelling: (leh'-shem) Short Definition: jacinth. ...
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916. bedolach -- probably bdellium
... bdellium. Probably from badal; something in pieces, ie Bdellium, a (fragrant) gum
(perhaps amber); others a pearl -- bdellium. see HEBREW badal. 915, 916. ...
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Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... Footnotes: [1554] [Amber is referred to, and the extravagant values attributed
to it. The mysterious enclosure of bees and other ...
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Introductory Notice to Dionysius, Bishop of Rome.
... of two of his predecessors; and this little essay, embedded in the works of Athanasius,
comes forth as a genuine "bee" out of his precious amber, sweet with ...
/.../dionysius/against the sabellians/introductory notice to dionysius bishop.htm

A Memorial Sketch by W. Robertson Nicoll
... field, and revel in the affluence of colour and shade which were to be seen in the
newly-turned furrows, and to gaze in wonder at the liquid amber of the two ...
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Two Famous Versions of the Scriptures
... this time Alexandria drew all the merchants of the world to her markets; and her
harbour was constantly filled with ships laden with silver, amber, and copper ...
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God.
... wind out of the North, the vast cloud, the fire infolding itself, the brightness
round about and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber; the rush and ...
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Treats of the Same Subject as the Last ChapterAnd Describes the ...
... Therefore this person resolved to resist no more than does a straw when attracted
by amber (a thing you may have seen); she yielded herself into the hands of ...
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The Monk of Thagaste
... The vague blue sky is confused with the bleached sea, spread out in a large sheet
without creases"liquid and flexible silk, swept by quivering amber glow and ...
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Against Embellishing the Body.
... and the walls gleam with foreign stones, and there is no want of artistic painting;
and the temples gleam with gold, and silver, and amber, and glitter with ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm

The Assumption that There are Two Earths Mentioned in the History ...
... [6362] He means those who have gone wrong on the eternity of matter. [6363]
Proinde. [6364] A mixed metal, of the colour of amber. ...
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The Interior Castle, or The Mansions
... Peter of, IV. iii.5; VI. vi.13. Alva, Duchess of; VI. iv.9; VII. i.9, note 6. Amber,
VI. v.2. Anthony, St., VI. v.9. Antonius a Spiritu Sancto, IV. iii. I; VI. ...
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Amber (3 Occurrences)
... The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy
substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of ...
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Metal (69 Occurrences)
... met'-al (chashmal; elektron; the King James Version amber; Ezekiel 8:2, the Revised
Version margin "amber"): The substance here intended is a matter of great ...
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Electrum (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Amber. 2. (n.) An alloy of gold and silver, of
an amber color, used by the ancients. 3. (n.) German-silver plate. See German. ...
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Colour (22 Occurrences)
... came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of ...
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Ambition (9 Occurrences)

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Color (18 Occurrences)
... came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was about it, and from the midst of it as the color of amber, from the ...
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Loins (72 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about
within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the ...
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Yellowish (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish
color. Multi-Version Concordance Yellowish (3 Occurrences). ...
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Infolding (1 Occurrence)
... came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of ...
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Rosin
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after
distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. ...
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