- Original: אחלמה - Transliteration: 'achlamah - Phonetic: akh-law'-maw - Definition: 1. amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper. - Origin: perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream-stone) - TWOT entry: 67b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream stone); a gem probably the amethyst: - amethyst. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • amethyst, 2 Exodus 28:19; Exodus 39:12