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Bible Dictionaries
Ruby
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Corundum (Var.: Ruby). Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania.
Credit: Robert M. Lavinsky, iRocks.com
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Comments: Corundum. Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania.
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Comments: 5-carat ruby ring
From Easton: Ruby, (Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lamentations 4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:17). A comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job 28:18; Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said to be "far above rubies" (Proverbs 31:10). The exact meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others, "pearl" or "mother-of-pearl."
Verses:
- Exodus 28:17
- Exodus 39:10
- Job 28:18
- Proverbs 3:15
- Proverbs 8:11
- Proverbs 20:15
- Proverbs 31:10
- Isaiah 54:12
- Lamentations 4:7
- Ezekiel 27:16
- Ezekiel 28:13
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/r/ruby.html. 2024.
