What does χαλκολίβανον (chalkolíbanon) mean in the Bible?
χαλκολίβανον (chalkolíbanon) is a Greek word meaning "bronze".
Greek · G5474
χαλκολίβανον
Bronze
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χαλκολίβανον G5474
Pronunciation chalkolíbanon
What does χαλκολίβανον (chalkolíbanon) mean in the Bible?
χαλκολίβανον (chalkolíbanon) is a Greek word meaning "bronze".
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How does the BSB render G5474?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include polished bronze (2).
Where does χαλκολίβανον (chalkolíbanon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 1:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2).
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 polished bronze 2× Revelation 1:15, Revelation 2:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 1:15
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Revelation 2
Source forms
χαλκολιβάνῳ 2x chalkolibanō Revelation 1:15, Revelation 2:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 2x Revelation 1:15, Revelation 2:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. bronze
Strong's G5474
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
bronze
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 1:15 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw
orichalcum, or frankincense of a yellow color
Read verse Revelation 2:18 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
χαλκολιβάνῳ· calkolibanw
orichalcum, or frankincense of a yellow color
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rev 1:15 · Rev 2:18 2×
Word Origins
χαλκολίβανον is built from these roots:
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