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Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(Heb. chasmal) occurs only in (Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2) It is usually supposed that the Hebrew word chasmal (denotes a metal) and not the fossil resin called amber .

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Amber

Amber am'-ber. ⇒See a list of verses on AMBER in the Bible. See STONES, PRECIOUS. ⇒See the definition of amber in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Amber

See Minerals. AMBUSH, from in (which becomes im before b, whence am) and boscus, a bush, wood, thicket, is used in various shades of meaning. 1. The abstract state of lying in wait in order to attack an enemy secretly. Jos 8" ' (Joshua) set them to lie in a. between Bethel and Ai.' 2. The place where the a. is set, or the position thus assumed. Jos 8' ' Ye shall rise up from the a.' ; 1 Mac 9" RV ' And they rose up against them from their a.' 3. The men that form the a. Jos 8" ' the a. arose quickly out of their place ' ; Jer 51'^ ' prepare the ambushes ' (m. 'liersin wait'). The mod. military term is am- buscade. Ambushment, meaning a oody of troops disposed in ambush, is used in 2 Ch IS'""*; also ambushments in 2 Ch 20^ (RV 'liers in wait'; but RV gives ambushment in Jos 8' for 'lie in ambush,' and in Jg 9^ for 'lying in wait'). J. Hastings.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Amber

Hebrew; chasmal. Eze 1:4; Eze 1:27; Eze 8:2. Not our amber, a bituminous substance or fossil resin, but a metal. Smooth polished brass (Gesenius). Compare Eze 1:7, brass in a glow or white heat; Ezr 8:27 margin; Rev 1:15, "His feet like unto glowing brass" (chalcolibanus; from libben, "whiten;" brass in a white heat), "as if made red hot in a furnace.". Else a composed of gold and silver, symbolizing the dazzling brightness of God's glory. From Hebrew mal (or else melala, "gold") nechash, "smooth brass."

References

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  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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