Topaz
τοπάζιονStrong’s G5116topazion
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Topazion is the Greek word usually translated “topaz”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.”
Meaning
Usually translated “topaz”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- topaz 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
τοπάζιον topazion · topaz
τοπάζιον, -ου, τό (and τόπαζος, ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:17 35:17 (Exo.39:10), Job.28:19, Eze.28:13 (פִּטְדָה), Psa.119:127 (פָּז)* ;] topaz: Rev.21:20 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “topaz” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TO'PAZ, noun
[Gr.]
A mineral, said to be so called from Topazos, a small isle in the Arabic gulf, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns. The topaz is of a yellowish color. It sometimes occurs in masses, but more generally crystallized in rectangular octahedrons. topaz is valued as a gem or precious stone, and is used in jewelry. It consists of silex, fluoric acid and alumin, in the following proportions; alumin 57 parts, silex 34, and fluoric acid 7 or 8.
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.