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Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Amber
Amber (Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX.
elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum) was a metal compounded of silver
and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others
"fine brass," as in Rev. 1:15; 2:18. It was probably the
mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with
what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as
belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil
resin.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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