Strong G2930κρύσταλλος
crystal
- Transliteration
- krustallos
- Pronunciation
- kroos'-tal-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a derivative of κρύος kruos (frost);
ice that is (by analogy) rock crystal: - crystal.
ice that is (by analogy) rock crystal: - crystal.
Detailed 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)
(κρύος, frost), [in LXX: Job.38:29, Psa.147:17, Eze.1:22 (קֶרַח), etc.;]
crystal: Rev.4:6 22:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2930 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- crystal2
First verses
- Revelation 4:6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
- Revelation 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κρύσταλλος, ὁ,
(κρύος, κρυσταίνομαι) ice, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.152, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.477, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 149; κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; ὁ παῖς τὸν κρύσταλλον proverbial, of persons who cannot keep a thing, but do not wish to let it go, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 5.58.)]
2 ={νάρκη}, numbness, torpor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “H.” 3.155.)]
II rock-crystal, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 781, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.67, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 15.8, etc.: also _feminine_, “AP” 9.753 (4th-5th c.AD: Claudianus Epigrammaticus))]: as adjective, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (οἱ κ. λίθοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.52)].
(κρύος, κρυσταίνομαι) ice, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.152, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.477, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 149; κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; ὁ παῖς τὸν κρύσταλλον proverbial, of persons who cannot keep a thing, but do not wish to let it go, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 5.58.)]
2 ={νάρκη}, numbness, torpor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “H.” 3.155.)]
II rock-crystal, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 781, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.67, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 15.8, etc.: also _feminine_, “AP” 9.753 (4th-5th c.AD: Claudianus Epigrammaticus))]: as adjective, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (οἱ κ. λίθοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.52)].