ONYX
“nail”.
Precious stone on each shoulder piece of the ephod and on the breastplate of the high priest.
The Hebrew term is “shosham,” which receives five different translations in the LXX.
His identity is uncertain (Gen. 2:12; Ex. 25:7; 28:9, 20; 35:9, 27; 39:6, 13; 1 Chron. 29:2; Jb. 28:16; Ez. 28:13).