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Chalcedony

Χαλκηδών, Rev. xxi, 19; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G5472
Greek
χαλκηδών · chalkēdōn

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χαλκηδών

G5472
Transliteration
chalkēdōn
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

chalcedony

Lexicon definition

χαλκηδών, -όνος, ὁ chalcedony, "supposed to denote a green silicate of copper found in the mines near Chalcedon " (Swete): Rev.21:19.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Χαλκηδών

G5472
Transliteration
chalkēdṓn
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

chalcedony

Lexicon definition

chalcedony, the name of a gem, generally of a whitish, blush or grey colour, susceptible of a high and beautiful polish, and of which there are serveral varieties, as the onyx, modern carnelian, &c. Re. 21.19.

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Chalcedony

Mentioned only in Rev. 21:19, as one of the precious stones in the foundation of the New Jerusalem. The name of this stone is derived from Chalcedon, where it is said to have been first discovered. In modern mineralogy this is the name of an agate-like quartz of a bluish colour. Pliny so names the Indian ruby. The mineral intended in Revelation is probably the Hebrew nophekh, translated "emerald" (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; Ezek. 27:16; 28:13). It is rendered "anthrax" in the LXX., and "carbunculus" in the Vulgate. (See [109]CARBUNCLE.)

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

CHALCEDONY

χαλκηδών, Rev. xxi, 19; a precious stone. Arethas, who has written an account of Bithynia, says that it was so called from Chalcedon, a city of that country, opposite to Byzantium; and it was in colour like a carbuncle. Some have supposed this also to be the stone called נפך, translated “emerald,” Exodus xxviii, 18.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Chalcedony

Indexed occurrences: 1

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

CHALCEDONY

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CHALCEDONY

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Dictionary

Beryl

The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone; probably so called as being brought from Tarshish. It was one of the stones on the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:20; R.V. marg., "chalcedony;" 39:13). The colour of the wheels in Ezekiel's vision was as the colour of a beryl stone (1:16; 10:9; R.V., "stone of Tarshish"). It is mentioned in Cant. 5:14; Dan. 10:6; Rev. 21:20. In Ezek. 28:13 the LXX. render the word by "chrysolite," which the Jewish historian Josephus regards as its proper translation. This also is the rendering given in the Authorized Version in the margin. That was a gold-coloured gem, the topaz of ancient authors.

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Chalcedony

Mentioned only in Rev. 21:19, as one of the precious stones in the foundation of the New Jerusalem. The name of this stone is derived from Chalcedon, where it is said to have been first discovered. In modern mineralogy this is the name of an agate-like quartz of a bluish colour. Pliny so names the Indian ruby. The mineral intended in Revelation is probably the Hebrew nophekh, translated "emerald" (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; Ezek. 27:16; 28:13). It is rendered "anthrax" in the LXX., and "carbunculus" in the Vulgate. (See [109]CARBUNCLE.)

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Sardonyx

(Rev. 21:20), a species of the carnelian combining the sard and the onyx, having three layers of opaque spots or stripes on a transparent red basis. Like the sardine, it is a variety of the chalcedony.

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