Crystal
κρύσταλλοςStrong’s G2930krustallos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Krustallos is the Greek word usually translated “as crystal” and “crystal”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “as crystal” and “crystal”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- as crystal 1
- crystal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
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Greek dictionary
κρύσταλλος krustallos · crystal
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crystal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRYSTAL, noun
[Latin Gr., frost.]
- In chemistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a certain number of plane and smooth surfaces.
- A factitious body, cast in glass houses, called crystal glass; a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture, than common glass.
- A substance of any kind having the form of a crystal
- The glass of a watch-case.
All definitions and other forms of “crystal”
CRYSTAL, adjective
Consisting of crystal or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.