What does κρύσταλλος (krýstallos) mean in the Bible?
κρύσταλλος (krýstallos) is a Greek word meaning "crystal".
Greek · G2930
κρύσταλλος
Crystal
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κρύσταλλοςG2930
Pronunciationkrýstallos
What does κρύσταλλος (krýstallos) mean in the Bible?
κρύσταλλος (krýstallos) is a Greek word meaning "crystal".
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How does the BSB render G2930?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include crystal (2).
Where does κρύσταλλος (krýstallos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 4:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2).
Are there verse guides for κρύσταλλος (krýstallos)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcrystal2×Revelation 4:6, Revelation 22:1
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Usage map
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First aligned rowRevelation 4:6
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Revelation2
Source forms
κρύσταλλον1xkrystallonRevelation 22:1
κρυστάλλῳ1xkrystallōRevelation 4:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 22:1
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 4:6
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. crystal
Source Gloss
crystal
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(κρύος, frost), [in LXX: Job.38:29, Psa.147:17, Eze.1:22 (קֶרַח), etc. ;] crystal: Rev.4:6 22:1.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 4:6Noun Dative Singular Masculine
κρυστάλλῳ.krustallw
crystal
Read versekrustallon
crystal
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Dative · Singular · MasculineRev 4:61×