CHADCHOD, in Jewish antiquity. Ezekiel mentions chadchod among the several merchandises which were brought to Tyre. The old interpreters, not very well knowing the meaning of this term, continued it in their translation. St Jerome acknowledges that he could not discover the interpretation of it. The Chaldee interprets it pearls; others think that the onyx, ruby, carbuncle, crystal, or diamond, is meant by it.