Word Summary
bēryllos: beryl
Original Word: βήρυλλοςTransliteration: bēryllos
Phonetic Spelling: (bay'-rool-los)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: beryl
Meaning: beryl
Strong's Concordance
beryl.
Of uncertain derivation; a "beryl" -- beryl.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 969: βήρυλλοςβήρυλλος,
βηρυλλου,
ὁ,
ἡ,
beryl, a precious stone of a pale green color (
Pliny, h. n. 37, 5 (20) (i. e. 37, 79)):
Revelation 21:20. (Tobit 13:17; neuter
βηρύλλιον, equivalent to
שֹׁהַם,
Exodus 28:20;
Exodus 36:20 (
)). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Edelsteine, 11; (especially Riehm, HWB, ibid. 3 and 12).