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Lexicon :: Strong's H923 - bahaṭ

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בַּהַט
Transliteration
bahaṭ
Pronunciation
bah'-hat
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (probably meaning to glisten)
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TWOT Reference: 206

Strong’s Definitions

בַּהַט bahaṭ, bah'-hat; from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps alabaster:—red (marble).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H923 in the following manner: red (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H923 in the following manner: red (1x).
  1. a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּהַט bahaṭ, bah'-hat; from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps alabaster:—red (marble).
STRONGS H923: Abbreviations
בַּ֫הַט noun [masculine] a costly stone, perhaps porphyry (compare Egyptian behiti, behet, behat BrugschDict. v. 438 DümichenGeschichte 167 f. WendelAltäg. Bau-u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f.; Greek Version of the LXX has σμαραγδίτης), Esther 1:6 עַל וָֿשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ֑רֶת ִֽֽֽרצֲפַת ב׳ upon a pavement of porphyry and marble, etc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

1:6

H923

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Strong's Number H923 matches the Hebrew בַּהַט (bahaṭ),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods[fn] and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
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