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Strong's #5116 - τοπάζιον
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- topaz, a greenish yellow precious stone (our chrysolite)
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τοπαζιον
Neuter of a presumed derivative (alternate) of τοìπαìζος topazos (a “topaz”
τόπαζος, ὁ,
a gem of green hue (Plin. HN 37.107), hence prob. chrysolite or peridot, AP 6.329 (Leon. Alex.), J. AJ 3.7.5, D.P. 1121, Orph. L. 278: — also τόπαζον, τό, Eust.ad D.P. l.c.; τοπάζιον, LXX Exodus 28:17, Psalms 119:127(118).127, Str. 16.4.6, D.S. 3.39, Revelation 21:20 : — Pliny (HN l.c.) gives the name of topazon (v.l. topazium) to two varieties. (From the Trogodyte language acc. to Plin. l. c.; perh. the same as ταβάσιος.)
τοπάζιον, τοπαζιου, τό (neuter of the adjective τοπαζιος, from τόπαζος), topaz, a greenish-yellow precious stone (our chrysolith (see BB. DD., especially Riehm, under the word Edelsteine 18)): Revelation 21:20 (Diodorus, Strabo; the Sept. for פִּטְדָה, Exodus 28:17; Exodus 36:17 (
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† τοπάζιον , -ου , τό
(and τόπαζος , ὁ ),
[in LXX: Exodus 28:17; Exodus 35:17 (Exodus 39:10), Job 28:19, Ezekiel 28:13 (H6357), Psalms 119:127 (H6337)*;]
topaz: Revelation 21:20 (v. Swete, in l).†
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