Definition

a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald

Etymology

or בָּרְקַתxlit bârᵉkath corrected to bârᵉqath; from H1300 (בָּרָק);

Word family

• בָּרָק bârâq

How the KJV renders it

• carbuncle

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.