ONYCHA - Definition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\On"y*cha\, n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. ?, ?. See {Onyx}.] 1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. --Ex. xxx. 34. 2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]

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Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	a nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea. The opercula of these shell-fish when burned emit a strong odour "like castoreum." This was an ingredient in the sacred incense.