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Crystal

קרח. This word is translated “crystal” in Ezek. 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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1378, G2930, G6707, H2137, H7140
Hebrew
גָּבִישׁ · gâbîysh
Greek
κρύσταλλος · krustallos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κρύσταλλος

G2930
Transliteration
krustallos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

crystal

Lexicon definition

κρύσταλλος, -ου, ὁ (κρύος, frost), [in LXX: Job.38:29, Psa.147:17, Eze.1:22 (קֶרַח), etc. ;] crystal: Rev.4:6 22:1.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γαβίς

G6707
Transliteration
gabis
Part of speech
N:N
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

crystal

Lexicon definition

crystal

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

זְכוּכִית

H2137
Transliteration
zᵉkûwkîyth
Pronunciation
zek-oo-keeth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

crystal.

Lexicon definition

properly, transparency, i.e. glass

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

קֶרַח

H7140
Transliteration
qerach
Pronunciation
keh'-rakh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

crystal, frost, ice.

Lexicon definition

ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth)

hence, hail

by resemblance, rock crystal

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

κρύσταλλος

G2930
Transliteration
krýstallos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

crystal

Lexicon definition

ice, i.e. (by analogy) rock "crystal"

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Crystal

(Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6; 21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time.

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

CRYSTAL

קרח. This word is translated “crystal” in Ezek. i, 22; and “frost,” Gen. xxxi, 40; Job xxxvii, 10; Jeremiah xxxvi, 30; and “ice,” Job vi, 16; xxxviii, 29; Psalm cxlvii, 17; κρυϛαλλος, Rev. iv, 6; xxii, 1. Crystal is supposed to have its name from its resemblance to ice. The Greek word, κρύϛαλλος, is formed from κρύος, _ice_, and ϛαλάσσομαι, _to concrete_. The word, זכוכית, is translated _crystal_, in Job xxviii, 17. Dr. Good observes, “We are not certain of the exact signification, farther than that it denotes some perfectly transparent and hyaline gem.”

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Crystal

Indexed occurrences: 5

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All Scripture references9 references

Job 5

Job 6:16Job 28:17Job 28:18Job 37:10Job 38:29

Ezekiel 1

Ezekiel 1:22

Revelation 3

Revelation 4:6Revelation 21:11Revelation 22:1

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CRYSTAL

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Dictionary

Crystal

(Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6; 21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time.

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Frost

(Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., "ice"); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered "ice" in Job 6:16, 38:29; and "crystal" in Ezek. 1:22. "At the present day frost is entirely unknown in the lower portions of the valley of the Jordan, but slight frosts are sometimes felt on the sea-coast and near Lebanon." Throughout Western Asia cold frosty nights are frequently succeeded by warm days. "Hoar frost" (Heb. kephor, so called from its covering the ground) is mentioned in Ex. 16:14; Job 38:29; Ps. 147:16. In Ps. 78:47 the word rendered "frost" (R.V. marg., "great hail-stones"), hanamal, occurs only there. It is rendered by Gesenius, the Hebrew lexicographer, "ant," and so also by others, but the usual interpretation derived from the ancient versions may be maintained.

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Ice

Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See [290]CRYSTAL.)

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Jasper

(Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate (Ex. 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:18, 19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).

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