G5556: χρυσόπρασος (chrysóprasos)

G5556 χρυσόπρασος (chrysóprasos)

Greek

Quick Definition

χρυσόπρασος, ου, ὁ n.m. a chrysoprase

Strong's Definition

from 5557 and prason (a leek); a greenish-yellow gem ("chrysoprase")

KJV Usage: chrysoprase

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χρυσόπρασος (G5556)

noun, m. | -ου | χρυσόω + πράσσω

2.40 · Natural Substances · Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances

chrysoprase chrysoprase, a greenish type of quartz (see 2.29)

REV 21:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χρυσό-πρασος [-ov Lchm.], -ov, 6, (fr. χρυσός, and πράσον a leek), chrysoprase, a precious stone in color like a leek, of a translucent golden-green [cf. BB. DD.s.v.; Riehm, HWB. s. v. Edelsteine 6]: Rev. xxi. 20.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χρυσόπρασος chrysoprasos 1x

a chrysoprase, a species of gem of a golden green color like that of a leek, Rev. 21:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† χρυσό-πρασος, -ου, ὁ a chrysoprase (v. Swete, Ap., 289): Re 21:20.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χρυσόπρασος, a leek-coloured gem, akin to the beryl (Rev 2139) : cf. Pliny H.W. xxxvii. 32 ‘‘vicinum genus huic est pallidius, et a quibusdam proprii generis existimatur vocaturque chrysoprasus.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χρυσόπρασος (chrusoprasos) — chrysoprase. χρῡσό-πρᾰσος, ὁ, chrysoprase, a precious stone of golden-green colour, [NT+1st c.AD+]