Crystal in Biblical History

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What is a Crystal?
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Job 28:17. The word here rendered "crystal" is used nowhere else, and is believed to mean "glass," which was made by the ancient Egyptians and highly valued. Elsewhere the subject of this paragraph usually denotes ice or frost, and the original term is often so translated, as "frost," Gen 31:40; Job 37:10; Jer 36:30; and "ice." Job 6:16; Job 38:29; Ps 147:17. In Eze 1:22, rock-crystal, a stone perfectly transparent and resembling the purest glass, was plainly meant, and there may be reference to the peculiarly dazzling effect of light reflected from its surface. The ancients supposed that this mineral was only "ice congealed by intense cold," and valued it highly for its great beauty. Its transparency is alluded to in Rev 4:6; Rev 21:11; Rev 22:1. CU'BIT. See Measures.

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