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אדםO-dem.SARDIUS, or Ruby: Sardius Lapis;1 in Hebrew, Odem. This Word signifies Redness; wherefore some translate it by Ruby, or by Pyropus. The Sardius is reddish, approaching to white, as a Man’s Nail.
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Exod. xxviii. 17, 39. and xxviii. 13. Rev. xxi. 20. ↩
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