GREEK · G2930
κρύσταλλος
krustallos — crystal
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)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Crystal
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1378
גָּבִישׁ
ga.vish — crystal
crystal
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6707
γαβίς
gabis — crystal
crystal
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7140
קֶ֫רַח
qe.rach — ice
1) frost, ice, ice crystal 1a) frost (of night) 1b) ice
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2929
κρυσταλλίζω
krustallizō — be clear
κρυσταλλίζω (κρύσταλλος), to shine like crystal, be crystal-clear: Rev.21:11 (ἅπ, λεγ.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3139
μάρμαρος
marmaros — marble
μάρμαρος, -ου, ὁ (μαρμαίρω, to glisten), [in LXX: Ep. Jer.7:2 * ;] 1. any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.). 2. In later writers, marble: Rev.18:12.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2137
זְכוּכִית
ze.khu.khit — glass
glass, crystal, fine glass
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9171
στήλη
stēlē — a monument
1. a block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall , (Iliad by Homer): a block of rockcrystal, in which the Egyptian mummies were cased, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. a block or slab , bearing an inscription; and so, 3. a gravestone , (Homer), attic 4. a block or slab , inscribed with record of victories, dedications, treaties, decrees, etc., (Herdotus Historicus), attic; γράφειν τινὰ εἰς στήλην, ἀναγράφειν ἐν στήλῃ, whether for honour, or for infamy, (Herdotus Historicus):—;also the record itself, a contract, agreement , κατὰ τὴν στήλην according to agreement , (Aristophanes Comicus); στῆλαι αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους (Demosthenes Orator) 5. a boundary post, (Xenophon Historicus):—; the turning-post at the end of the racecourse, Lat. meta, (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. for Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήιαι, see. Ἡράκλειος. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(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.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.