Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Amber. 2. (n.) An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients. 3. (n.) German-silver plate. See German. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ELECTRUM e-lek'-trum: The Revised Version, margin rendering of chashmal, of Ezekiel 1:4, 27; Ezekiel 8:2 Septuagint elektron, Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) electrum). Both the King James Version and the English Revised Version have "amber" while the American Standard Revised Version has "glowing metal." Gesenius says electrum must not be understood as being here used for amber, but for a kind of metal remarkable for brightness, compounded of gold and silver. "Amber" is undoubtedly a poor rendering, as the Hebrew term means "polished brass." the American Standard Revised Version has the more correct rendering. Amber, however, may well have been known to Ezekiel (Encyclopaedia Biblica, which see). See also STONES, PRECIOUS; BUYING, IV. A. W. Fortune

Multi-Version Concordance Electrum (3 Occurrences) Ezekiel 1:4 And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum. (BBE JPS) Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him. (BBE JPS) Ezekiel 8:2 And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum. (BBE JPS)