GREEK · G5193
ὑάλινος
hualinos — glass
ὑάλινος, -η, -ον (ὕαλος), of glass, glassy Rev.4:6 15:2.† (AS)
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Glass
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5194
ὕαλος
hualos — glass
ὕαλος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Job.28:17 (זְכוּכִית) * ;] 1. (Hdt.) a clear transparent stone. 2. (from Plat. on) glass: Rev.21:18, 21.† (AS)
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זְכוּכִית
ze.khu.khit — glass
glass, crystal, fine glass
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κύαθος
kuathos — a cup
1. a cup , for drawing wine out of the κρατήρ or bowl, (Xenophon Historicus), etc. 2. a cupping-glass , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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πρόσθεσις
prosthesis — an addition
1. a putting to, application of ladders to a wall, (Thucydides); of the cupping-glass, (Aristotle Philosopher) 2. an adding, addition , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A glass bottle with the name of Sargon on it was found among the ruins of the north-west palace of Nimroud. The Hebrew word zekukith (Job 28:17), rendered in the Authorized Version “crystal,” is rightly rendered in the Revised Version “glass.” This is the only allusion to glass found in the Old Testament. It is referred to in the New Testament in Rev. 4:6; 15:2; 21:18, 21. In Job 37:18, the word rendered “looking-glass” is in the Revised Version properly rendered “mirror,” formed, i.e., of some metal. (Comp. Ex. 38:8: “looking-glasses” are brazen mirrors, R.V.). A mirror is referred to also in James 1:23.
Scripture references
Job 28:17Revelation 4:6Revelation 15:2Revelation 21:18Revelation 21:21Job 37:18Exodus 38:8James 1:23
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.