Lexicon iaspis: jasper (a translucent stone) Original Word: ἴασπις, ιδος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: iaspis Phonetic Spelling: (ee'-as-pis) Short Definition: jasper Definition: jasper; a precious stone. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Semitic origin Definitionjasper (a translucent stone) NASB Translationjasper (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2393: ἰάσπιςἰάσπις, ἰασπιδος, ἡ (from Plato down), jasper; a precious stone of divers colors (for some are purple, others blue, others green, and others of the color of brass; Pliny, h. n. 37, 37 (8)): Revelation 4:3; Revelation 21:11, 18f. (But many think (questionably) the diamond to be meant here; others the precious opal; see Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine, 8 and 10; B. D. under the word ; cf. 'Bible Educator' 2:352.)
Strong's jasper. Probably of foreign origin (see yashpheh); "jasper", a gem -- jasper. see HEBREW yashpheh |
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