Lexical Summary iaspis: jasper (a translucent stone) Original Word: ἴασπιςTransliteration: iaspis Phonetic Spelling: (ee'-as-pis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: jasper (a translucent stone) Meaning: jasper (a translucent stone) Strong's Concordance jasper. Probably of foreign origin (see yashpheh); "jasper", a gem -- jasper. see HEBREW yashpheh Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 |
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