sardius

[Gr. sardion =the sardian stone, the transparent red kind being carnelian, the brown the sardine or sard.] Scripture : 1. Old Test.: Heb. odhem, probably either the sard or the sardonyx. It was the first stone in the first row of the high priest's breastplate (Exod. xxviii. 17, xxxix. 10; Ezek. xxviii. 13). 2. New Test.: Gr.sardion. Probably the same as 1. (Rev. xxi. 20.)