Sardius

(A precious stone)

In the breastplate

• Exodus 28:17

  And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

• Exodus 39:10

  And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

In the garden of Eden

• Ezekiel 28:13

  Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Seen in John' s apocalyptic vision of the foundation of the New Jerusalem

• Revelation 21:20

  The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

Figurative

• Revelation 4:3

  And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.