Definition

hence the "onyx" stone); a "sardonyx", i.e. the gem so called

Etymology

from the base of G4556 (σάρδιος) and (the nail of a finger;

Where the KJV renders it

• sardonyx

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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