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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἴασπις
ἴασπις
G2393
Transliteration: íaspis
Pronunciation: ee'-as-pis
Definition: jasper
- Original: ἴασπις - Transliteration: Iaspis - Phonetic: ee'-as-pis
- Definition:
1. jasper, a precious stone of various colours (for some are purple, others blue, others green, and others the colour of brass) There is one kind called the Aeizusa, like to air and anotherCrystallizusa, clear as crystal. So Pliny speaks of a white Jaspercalled Astrios, and which, he says is "crystallo propinquans", nearto crystal, found in India, and on the shores of Pallene. (Gill)
- Origin: probably of foreign origin, see G3471" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3471 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Probably of foreign origin (see [H3471" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3471]); jasper a gem: - jasper.