Word Summary
krystallos: crystal
Original Word: κρύσταλλοςTransliteration: krystallos
Phonetic Spelling: (kroos'-tal-los)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: crystal
Meaning: crystal
Strong's Concordance
crystal.
From a derivative of kruos (frost); ice, i.e. (by analogy) rock "crystal" -- crystal.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2930: κρύσταλλοςκρύσταλλος,
κρυστάλλου,
ὁ (from
κρύος ice; hence properly, anything congealed (cf. Latin
crusta) and transparent) (from
Homer down),
crystal: a kind of precious stone,
Revelation 4:6;
Revelation 22:1; (cf.
B. D. under the word
. On its gender cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II.) STRONGS NT 2930a: κρυφαῖοςκρυφαῖος, κρυφαίᾳ, κρυφαιον (κρυφᾶ), hidden, secret: twice in Matthew 6:18 L T Tr WH. (Jeremiah 23:24; Wis. 17:3; in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Pindar down.)