Strong G5194ὕαλος
glass
- Transliteration
- hualos
- Pronunciation
- hoo'-al-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the same as G5205 (as being transparent like rain); glass: - glass.
Detailed definition
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)
[in LXX: Job.28:17 (זְכוּכִית) *;]
1. (Hdt.) a clear transparent stone.
2. (from Plat. on) glass: Rev.21:18, 21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5194 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- glass2
First verses
- Revelation 21:18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
- Revelation 21:21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὕᾰλος
or ὕελος (see. below), ἡ, see [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 217; but in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 49)], ὁ:—the form ὕαλος is said to be Attic dialect, ὕελος Hellenic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 281, [prev. author] “PS” p.118 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, Moer.p.373 P., Thom.Mag.p.365 R.; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus codices vary between ὕελος)] and ὕαλο; ὕελος is read in [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 88a14, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus [same place], “Ign.” 73, “PHolm.” 10.7, but ὕαλος in LXX.Job.28.17, 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 39.18, NT.Rev.21.18)]; compare ὑάλινος:—originally some kind of crystalline stone, such as that used by the Ethiopians to enclose their mummies in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; ὕ. ἀργή “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 49; ὕ. ὀρωρυγμένη)]rock-crystal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.3.)]
2 a convex lens of crystal, used as a burning-glass, λίθος διαφανὴς ἀφ᾽ ἧς τὸ πῦρ ἅπτουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 768, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 73.)]
II glass, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 61b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 389a8, and ὑαλῖτι;)]glass-ware, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PFay. 134.4 (4th c.AD).)]
III ὕαλος χνοώδης, in [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.22)], is an absorbent of some kind:—ὕαλος is also explained by βόρβορος in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus and 9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 18)]. [ῠᾰλος, as appears from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 768)]:—but late Poets make ῡ in some derivations to bring them into dactylic verses, ῡάλεος [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.33, 12.249)]; ῡέλινος [Refs ([prev. work] 14.52)]; ῡαλόεις [Refs ([prev. work]5.47)]; ῡαλοειδής [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 280)]; in iambic metre, ῡαλόχροα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.211.])]
or ὕελος (see. below), ἡ, see [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 217; but in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 49)], ὁ:—the form ὕαλος is said to be Attic dialect, ὕελος Hellenic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 281, [prev. author] “PS” p.118 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, Moer.p.373 P., Thom.Mag.p.365 R.; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus codices vary between ὕελος)] and ὕαλο; ὕελος is read in [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 88a14, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus [same place], “Ign.” 73, “PHolm.” 10.7, but ὕαλος in LXX.Job.28.17, 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 39.18, NT.Rev.21.18)]; compare ὑάλινος:—originally some kind of crystalline stone, such as that used by the Ethiopians to enclose their mummies in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; ὕ. ἀργή “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 49; ὕ. ὀρωρυγμένη)]rock-crystal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.3.)]
2 a convex lens of crystal, used as a burning-glass, λίθος διαφανὴς ἀφ᾽ ἧς τὸ πῦρ ἅπτουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 768, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 73.)]
II glass, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 61b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 389a8, and ὑαλῖτι;)]glass-ware, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PFay. 134.4 (4th c.AD).)]
III ὕαλος χνοώδης, in [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.22)], is an absorbent of some kind:—ὕαλος is also explained by βόρβορος in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus and 9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 18)]. [ῠᾰλος, as appears from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 768)]:—but late Poets make ῡ in some derivations to bring them into dactylic verses, ῡάλεος [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.33, 12.249)]; ῡέλινος [Refs ([prev. work] 14.52)]; ῡαλόεις [Refs ([prev. work]5.47)]; ῡαλοειδής [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 280)]; in iambic metre, ῡαλόχροα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.211.])]