χαλκολίβανον (ⱪalkolibanon) — fine bronze / fine brass

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 (OET REV 1:15 and OET REV 2:18) the emphasis is upon the lustrous appearance of the metal. A satisfactory equivalent may be ‘bright bronze’ or ‘shining metal.’

Show passage in OET: REV 1:15

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,

Show passage in OET: REV 2:18

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:

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χαλκολίβανον

Form 1

Sense 1: fine bronze, fine brass