Chrysoprasus
CHRYSOPRASUS
The tenth of those precious stones which adorned the foundation of the heavenly Jerusalem, as seen by John the Evangelist. Its color was green, inclining to gold, as its name imports, Jer 21:20 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Chrysoprasus
(, mentioned in Rev 21:20, as the tenth row of stones in the foundation of the heavenly Jerusalem), a precious stone of greenish-golden color, or apple-green, passing into a grass-green (Pliny, Hist. Nat. 27:20, 21); an Indian translucent gem, so called as resembling in color the juice of the leek (), with golden spots () a species of beryl, supposed to be possessed of healing power in diseases of the eyes. Its spotted character may be inferred from the name given to it by Pliny (Hist. Nat. 37, c. 8), pardalios, or, rather, pantherion, from its resembling the leopard-skin (see Braun. de Vest. Sac. Hebrews 2, c. 9, p. 509). The chrysoprase of the ancients is by some supposed to be identical with the stone now so called, viz. the apple or leek-green variety of agate, or uncrystallized quartz (London Encyclopaedia, s.v.), which owes its color to oxide of nickel; this stone at present is found only in Silesia; but Mr. King (Antique Gems, p. 59. note) says that the true chrysoprase is sometimes found in antique Egyptian jewelry set alternately with bits of lapis-lazuli. SEE GEM.
In Gen 2:12, the Sept. renders the word , sho’ham, by chrysoprase ( ), but they were probably different gems. SEE BERYL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chrysoprasus
golden leek, a precious stone of the colour of leek’s juice, a greenish-golden colour (Rev. 21:20).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Chrysoprasus
(“gold leek”.) A transparent gem, an agate of the color of the leek’s juice; it owes its color to oxide of nickel. Found only in Silesia; also in antique Egyptian jewelry. The garniture of the tenth foundation of New Jerusalem (Rev 21:20).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Chrysoprasus
Chrysoprasus. This occurs only in Rev 21:20. The name literally signifies ‘leek-green stone,’ and it is, as that name imports, of a greenish golden color like a leek, that is usually apple-green passing into grass green.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Chrysoprasus
Supposed to be a variety of Chalcedony of a green shade. Rev 21:20. The word does not occur in the LXX.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Chrysoprasus
A precious stone.
Rev 21:20
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Chrysoprasus
Chrysoprasus, golden green. A precious stone probably allied to the beryl, usually of a greenish-golden color. Rev 21:20. R. V., Chrysoprase.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Chrysoprasus
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 Rev 21:20.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Chrysoprasus
Rev 21:20, a precious stone, which Pliny classes among the beryls; the best of which, he says, are of a sea-green colour; after these he mentions the chrysoberyls, which are a little paler, inclining to golden colour; and next, a sort still paler, and by some reckoned a distinct species, and called chrysoprasus.