Chrysoprase
χρυσόπρασοςStrong’s G5556chrusoprasos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Chrusoprasos is the Greek word usually translated “chrysoprase”. 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 “chrysoprase”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- chrysoprase 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
χρυσόπρασος chrusoprasos · chrysoprase
χρυσό-πρασος, -ου, ὁ a chrysoprase (see Swete, Ap., 289): Rev.21:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “chrysoprase” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHRYSOPRASE, noun
A mineral, a subspecies of quartz. Its color is commonly apple green, and often extremely beautiful. It is translucent, or sometimes semi-transparent; its fracture even and dull, sometimes a little splintery, sometimes smooth and slightly conchoidal; its harness a little inferior to that of flint.
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.