Bible Encyclopedia: Precious Stones: Topaz

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Introduction.
... topazion topaz x. chrusoprasos chrysoprasus xi ... These precious stones have been
identified as follows, taking the High Priest's breastplate: i. 1. Red carnelian ...
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Ain.
... For this is read in another Psalm also, "Above gold and exceeding precious stones."
[5317] For topaz is a stone considered very precious. ...
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Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... the stones which silly women wear fastened to chains and set in necklaces, amethysts,
ceraunites, jaspers, topaz, and the Milesian. "Emerald, most precious ware ...
/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xiiiagainst excessive fondness for.htm

High Priest
... The external part of this gorget was set with four rows of precious stones; the
first row, a serdious, a topaz, and a carbuncle; the second, an emerald, a ...
/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter iv high priest.htm

Of the Praise of Solitary Life and of the First Lovers Thereof ...
... are like the stone that is called topaz, the which is ... and therefore it is held most
precious and full ... it overcomes all the clearness of all stones; and nothing ...
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The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are ...
... was wanting, and there were fragments of sapphire, and hematite, and emerald, and
topaz. ... or silver, or steel, or iron, or brass, or ivory, or precious stones? ...
/.../exhortation to the heathen/chapter iv the absurdity and shamefulness.htm

The New Jerusalem.
... of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone ... the eighth, a beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth ... behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the new jerusalem.htm

Another Cavil Met, IE , the Devil who Instigated Man to Sin ...
... "Every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the ... a cherub,
upon the holy mountain of God, thou wast in the midst of stones of fire ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter x another cavil met i e.htm

Of the Fall of the Devil and the Angels.
... the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering: the
sardius, the topaz and the ... hast walked in the midst of the stones of fire. ...
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The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem:
... of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. ... sardius;
the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth ...
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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Revelation 21:20
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Lapidary: One Who Cuts Precious Stones

Precious

Precious Stones

Precious Stones of Great Variety

Precious Stones of Many Colours

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Breastplate of Judgment

Precious Stones used for Adorning the High Priest's Ephod

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Temple

Precious Stones used for Decorating the Person

Precious Stones used for Honoring Idols

Precious Stones used for Ornamenting Royal Crowns