ὕαλος (hualos) — glass / crystal

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ὕαλος; -ου

Sense 1: glass

Semantic entry: 6.222

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Miscellaneous

Notes: It is also possible that ὕαλος should be interpreted as crystal; see 2.46: κρύσταλλος / 2.46: ὕαλος). In OET REV 21:18 and OET REV 21:21 the emphasis is upon the transparency of the glass.

Show passage in OET: REV 21:18

OET-RV REV 21:18

18 The wall was made of green jasper stone and the city itself was pure gold but as clear as glass.

OET-LV REV 21:18

18 And was the structure of _the wall of _it was jasper, and the city was gold pure, similar to _glass clean.

Show passage in OET: REV 21:21

OET-RV REV 21:21

21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls—each one of the gates individually was from one pearl—and the city street was pure gold—transparent like glass.

OET-LV REV 21:21

21 And the twelve twelve gates were pearls, each one each of _the gates was of one pearl.
And the road of _the city was gold pure as glass transparent.

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Sense 2: crystal

Semantic entry: 2.46

Semantic domains: Natural Substances

Subdomains: Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances

Definition: a very hard, translucent, and usually transparent type of quartz

Notes: The equivalent of ‘crystal’ is often a descriptive phrase such as ‘a brilliant stone’ or ‘a shining stone’ or ‘a glass-like stone.’ In developing a satisfactory term for crystal, it is important to avoid possible confusion with diamond.|Some scholars, however, interpret ὕαλος in OET REV 21:21 as ‘glass’ (see 6.222: ὕαλος).