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agate

noun (agate, agates)

«agate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a precious stone used to decorate a grand palace or gate

Examples

  • The gate was formed of a single agate. tree →
  • Build me a palace set with jasper and agate. tree →
  • She wore a ring of red agate. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It is one of the twelve stones in the High Priest's breastplate, in the third row.

Interpretation. Tradition says each stone stood for one of the twelve tribes, with the tribe's name engraved on it.

Examples

  • and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/agate/