Dict: easton - Ruby

easton:

Ruby @ (Heb. peninim), only in plural kjv@Lamentations:4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest's breastplate kjv@Exodus:28:17). A comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies kjv@Job:28:18; kjv@Proverbs:3:15 kjv@Proverbs:8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said to be "far above rubies" kjv@Proverbs:31:10). The exact meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others, "pearl" or "mother-of-pearl."