stone (large or small)

1. common stone (in natural state)

2. stone, as material

   1. of tablets

   2. marble, hewn stones

3. precious stones, stones of fire

4. stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

5. weight

6. plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

7. stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

8. sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines

9. (simile)

   1. sinking in water, motionlessness

   2. strength, firmness, solidity

   3. commonness

10. (metaph)

    1. petrified with terror

    2. perverse, hard heart

ephod

1. priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment

   1. worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff

   2. worn by the high priest - more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold

breastplate, breastpiece

1. sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim

setting, installation

1. setting, stones for setting

2. installation (of priests)

a precious stone or gem

1. probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite