chodchodn.
A Hebrew word kadkōd ‘a sparkling gem, probably ruby’, left untranslated by the Septuagint as χορχόρ, and by Jerome as chodchod, which was retained by Wyclif and the Douay version. Coverdale has ‘Christall’; 1611 ‘agate’.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun]
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fish-eye1882
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxvii. 16 Bijs, and silk, and chodchod, that is, precious marchaundise [a1425 L.V. cochod, ether auer de peis].
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xxvii. 16 Fine linnen, and silke, and chodchod.
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