Reference: Crystal
American
The same Hebrew word is rendered by our translators, crystal, Eze 1:22; frost, Ge 31:40; and ice, Job 6:16. The word primarily denotes ice; and the name is given to a perfectly transparent and glass-like gem, from its resemblance, Job 28:17; Re 4:6; 21:11.
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This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.
Which are black and turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snows hides itself;
Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.
Easton
(Eze 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Re 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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Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.
Then he showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Fausets
zekukith, from zaakak, "to be pure." Job 28:17; "the gold and the crystal cannot equal wisdom." Glass is meant, some costly goblet composed of glass and gold, such as Wilkinson says the Egyptians made (Ancient Egyptians 2:61). Kerach, literally, ice, the ancients believing rock crystal to be ice intensely congealed. In Eze 1:22, "the likeness of the firmament was as the terrible (rather Splendid, dazzling) crystal" (Re 4:6; 21:11).
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Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.
Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.
Hastings
Morish
1. zekukith, Job 28:17: probably glass highly ornamented, such as was made in Egypt: it is here classed with gold; but wisdom, the gift of God, far exceeds such things in value.
2. qerach, ice, and so frequently translated. The firmament over the living creature was "as the colour of the terrible crystal." Eze 1:22.
3. ?????????? John saw a sea of glass like unto crystal, Re 4:6; the water of life and the jasper stone were seen 'clear as crystal.' Re 22:1. The ancient glass may have been 'clear' in the sense of not having spots and blemishes, without its being wholly transparent.
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Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Then he showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Smith
Crystal,
the representative in the Authorized Version of two Hebrew words.
1. Zecucith occurs only in
where "glass" probably is intended.
2. kerach occurs in numerous passages in the Old Testament to denote "ice," "frost," etc.; but once only
as is generally understood, to signify "crystal." The ancients supposed rock-crystal to be merely ice congealed by intense cold. The similarity of appearance between ice and crystal caused no doubt the identity of the terms to express these substances. The Greek word occurs in
It may mean either "ice" or "crystal."
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Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Then I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea.
Watsons
CRYSTAL, ???. This word is translated "crystal" in Eze 1:22; and "frost," Ge 31:40; Job 37:10; Jer 36:30; and "ice," Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps 147:17; ??????????, Re 4:6; 22:1. Crystal is supposed to have its name from its resemblance to ice. The Greek word, ??????????, is formed from ?????, ice, and ???????????, to concrete. The word, ??????, is translated crystal, in Job 28:17. 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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This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.
Which are black and turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snows hides itself;
Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold.
By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen over.
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no [heir] to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and to the frost by night.
Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads.
And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them].
Then he showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb