What does ἴασπις (íaspis) mean in the Bible?
ἴασπις (íaspis) is a Greek word meaning ""jasper", a gem".
Greek · G2393
ἴασπις
"Jasper", a gem
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ἴασπις G2393
Pronunciation íaspis
What does ἴασπις (íaspis) mean in the Bible?
ἴασπις (íaspis) is a Greek word meaning ""jasper", a gem".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2393?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include jasper (2), [was] jasper (1), a jasper (1).
Where does ἴασπις (íaspis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 4:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It jasper 2× Revelation 4:3, Revelation 21:18
[was] jasper 1× Revelation 21:19
a jasper 1× Revelation 21:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 4:3
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Revelation 4
Source forms
ἰάσπιδι 2x iaspidi Revelation 4:3, Revelation 21:11
ἴασπις 2x iaspis Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Revelation 4:3, Revelation 21:11
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. "jasper", a gem
Strong's G2393
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
"jasper", a gem
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 4:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἰάσπιδι iaspidi
jasper
Read verse Revelation 21:11 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἰάσπιδι iaspidi
jasper
Read verse Revelation 21:18 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἴασπις· iaspiv
jasper
Read verse Revelation 21:19 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἴασπις· iaspiv
jasper
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 21:18 · Rev 21:19 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 4:3 · Rev 21:11 2×
Word Origins
ἴασπις is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain