STRONGS NUMBER H5508


Word Summary
sochereth: a stone (used in paving)
Original Word: סֹחֵרֶת
Transliteration: sochereth
Phonetic Spelling: (so-kheh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a stone (used in paving)
Meaning: a, tile, for, laying borders with
Strong's Concordance
black marble

Similar to cocherah; probably a (black) tile (or tessara) for laying borders with -- black marble.

see HEBREW cocherah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5508. sochereth

[סֹחֶ֫רֶת‎] noun feminine a stone used (with marble) in paving (compare Assyrian si—ru, a precious stone, DlHWB 495); — סֹחָ֑רֶתEsther 1:6.