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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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χαλκολίβανον

Strong’s: G5474

Associated OET lemmas: χαλκολίβανον

Other spellings: χαλκολίβανος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: χαλκολίβανον; -ου, χαλκολίβανος, -ου

Constructions: χαλκολίβανον; χαλκός; λίβανος

Sense 1: fine bronze, fine brass

Semantic entry: 2.57

Semantic domains: Natural Substances

Subdomains: Metals

Definition: a particularly valuable or fine type of bronze or brass, possibly even an alloy containing some gold

Notes: In the two references with χαλκολίβανον in the NT (RV REV 1:15 · LV REV 1:15 · Read together REV 1:15 and RV REV 2:18 · LV REV 2:18 · Read together REV 2:18) the emphasis is upon the lustrous appearance of the metal. A satisfactory equivalent may be ‘bright bronze’ or ‘shining metal.’

REV 1:15: RV REV 1:15 · LV REV 1:15 · Read together REV 1:15

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OET-RV REV 1:15

15 His feet shone like bronze that had been refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of a river of rushing water.

OET-LV REV 1:15

15 and the feet of_him similar to_burnished_bronze as in a_furnace of_having_been_refined, and the voice of_him like the_voice of_waters many,

REV 2:18: RV REV 2:18 · LV REV 2:18 · Read together REV 2:18

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OET-RV REV 2:18

18 To the assembly’s messenger in Thuateira write:
 ¶ God’s son, the one with eyes like a flame of fire and with feet like bronze, says:

OET-LV REV 2:18

18 And to_the messenger of_the in Thuateira assembly write:
These things is_saying the son of_ the _god, the one having the eyes of_him like a_flame of_fire, and the feet of_him similar to_burnished_bronze: