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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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from kruos, "ice," and hence properly anything congealed and transparent, denotes "crystal," a kind of precious stone, Revelation 4:6; 22:1 . Rock crystal is pure quartz; it crystallizes in hexagonal prisms, each with a pyramidical apex.
"to be of crystalline brightness and transparency, to shine like crystal," is found in Revelation 21:11 , where it is said of Christ as the "Light-giver" (phoster) of the Heavenly City (not phos, "light," RV and AV). Possibly there the verb has a transitive force, "to transform into crystal splendor," as of the effect of Christ upon His saints.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Crystal'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/crystal.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Crystal'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/crystal.html. 1940.