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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There I was-the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.
Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
arrayed with God's glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright 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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The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
arrayed with God's glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal.
Then he showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing 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 do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
arrayed with God's glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal.
arrayed with God's glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright 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 do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
Then he showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing 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 do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea existed no longer.
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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There I was-the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.
Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen.
Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
He throws His hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand His cold?
Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David's throne, and his corpse will be thrown out [to be exposed] to the heat of day and the frost of night.
The shape of an expanse, with a gleam like awe-inspiring crystal, was spread out over the heads of the living creatures.
Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle and around the throne were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
Then he showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb