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# agate

noun (agate, agates)

«agate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a precious stone used to decorate a grand palace or gate

### Examples

- The gate was formed of a single agate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/#x1)
- Build me a palace set with jasper and agate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/#x2)
- She wore a ring of red agate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It is one of the twelve stones in the High Priest's breastplate, in the third row.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says each stone stood for one of the twelve tribes, with the tribe's name engraved on it.

### Examples

- and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x1)
- And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «agate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/agate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «agate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/agate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/agate.html) on Mova free.