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G969 βήρυλλος (bḗryllos)
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βήρυλλος, ου, ὁ n.m. a beryl

Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; a "beryl"

KJV Usage: beryl

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου

2.38 · Natural Substances · Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances

beryl beryl, usually bluish green or green in color (see 2.29)

REV 21:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βήρυλλος, -ov, 6, ἡ, beryl, a precious stone of a pale green color (Plin. h. n. 37, 5 (20) [i. 6. 37, 19}: Rey. xxi. 20. (Tob. xiii. 17; neut. βηρύλλιον equiv. to ONY, Ex. xxviii. 20; xxxvi. 20 (xxxix.13)). Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Edelsteine, 11; [esp. Riehm, HWB. ib. 3 and 127." Bla, -as, 7; 1. strength, whether of body or of mind: Hom. and subseq. writ. 2. strength in violent action, force: pera Bias by the use of force, with violence, Acts y. 26; xxiv. 7[Rec.]; shock τῶν κυμάτων, Acts xxvii. 41 [R G, but Tr txt. br. al. om. τῶν κυμάτων ; διὰ τ. βίαν τοῦ ὄχλου, the crowd pressing on so violently, Acts xxi. 35. [Syn. see δύναμις, fin.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βήρυλλος bēryllos 1x

a beryl, a precious stone of a sea-green color, found chiefly in India, Rev. 21:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† βήρυλλος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,

[in LXX: To 13:17 (-ύλλιον in Ex 28:20, שֹׁהַם)*;]

beryl, a jewel of sea-green colour: Re 21:20.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βήρυλλος (bērullos) — beryl. βήρυλλος, ἡ, gem of sea-green colour, beryl, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]; β. λίθος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—diminutive βηρύλλιον, τό, [LXX+1st c.BC+]

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