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Chrysoprasus

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: χρυσόπρασος

(Strong's #5556 — Noun Masculine — chrusoprasos — khroo-sop'-ras-os )

from (chrusos, "gold," and prasos, "a leek"), is a precious stone like a leek in color, a translucent, golden green. Pliny reckons it among the beryls. The word occurs in Revelation 21:20 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Chrysoprasus'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/chrysoprasus.html. 1940.
 
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