Word Summary
chrysolithos: a chrysolite (a yellow gem)
Original Word: χρυσόλιθοςTransliteration: chrysolithos
Phonetic Spelling: (khroo-sol'-ee-thos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a chrysolite (a yellow gem)
Meaning: a chrysolite (a yellow gem)
Strong's Concordance
chrysolite.
From chrusos and lithos; gold-stone, i.e. A yellow gem ("chrysolite") -- chrysolite.
see GREEK chrusos
see GREEK lithos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5555: χρυσόλιθοςχρυσόλιθος,
χρυσολιθου,
ὁ (
χρυσός and
λίθος),
chrysolith, chrysolite, a precious stone of a golden color; our
topaz (cf.
BB. DD., under the word Chrysolite; especially
Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine 5 and 19):
Revelation 21:20. (
Diodorus 2, 52;
Josephus, Antiquities 3, 7, 5; the
Sept. for
תַּרְשִׁישׁ,
Exodus 28:20;
Exodus 36:20 (
Exodus 39:13); (
Ezekiel 1:16 Aq.).)