Reference: Crystal
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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, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.
Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like 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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Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming 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 be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.
that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like 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 be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming 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 be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist [any] 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, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.
Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold.
By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.
From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who fathered [the] frost of heaven?
[he] throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?
{Therefore} thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, "There will not be for him [one who] sits on the throne of David. And his dead body will be thrown out to the heat in the day and to the frost in the night.
Now [the] likeness above the heads of the living creatures [was] an expanse like the outward appearance of {awesome} {ice} spread out above their heads {upward}.
And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb