G5194: ὕαλος
hýalos · “glass”
Definition
glass
KJV translates it as: glass
Word origin: perhaps from the same as G5205 (ὑετός) (as being transparent like rain);
Extended definition
ὕαλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Job.28:17 (זְכוּכִית) * ;]
1. (Hdt.) a clear transparent stone.
2. (from Plat. on) glass: Rev.21:18, 21.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.28:17 (זְכוּכִית) * ;]
1. (Hdt.) a clear transparent stone.
2. (from Plat. on) glass: Rev.21:18, 21.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5194 is translated
- as glass ×1
- glass ×1
Bible verses with G5194 (hýalos)
Hýalos appears in 2 verses.
- Revelation 21:18
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
- Revelation 21:21
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.