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Lexicon :: Strong's G5474 - chalkolibanon

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χαλκολίβανον
Transliteration
chalkolibanon (Key)
Pronunciation
khal-kol-ib'-an-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of χαλκός (G5475) and λίβανος (G3030) (in the implied mean of whiteness or brilliancy)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χαλκολίβανον chalkolíbanon, khal-kol-ib'-an-on; neuter of a compound of G5475 and G3030 (in the implied mean of whiteness or brilliancy); burnished copper, an alloy of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre:—fine brass.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5474 in the following manner: fine brass (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5474 in the following manner: fine brass (2x).

  1. some metal like gold if not more precious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χαλκολίβανον chalkolíbanon, khal-kol-ib'-an-on; neuter of a compound of G5475 and G3030 (in the implied mean of whiteness or brilliancy); burnished copper, an alloy of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre:—fine brass.
STRONGS G5474:
χαλκολίβανον (so Suidas (but see Gaisf. edition under the word)), χαλκολιβανου, τό, more correctly χαλκολιβανος, χαλκολιβανου, ἡ (according to the reading as it ought to be restored ((but see the editions)) in Revelation 1:15 ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμενη; cf. Düsterdieck's critical note (see Buttmann, 80 (69) note)), a word of doubtful meaning found only in Revelation 1:15, and Revelation 2:18, chalcolibanus, Vulg. aurichalcum or orichalcum (so manuscript Arafat. (al. aeric.); Luther Messing (R. V. burnished brass)); according to the testimony of an ancient Greek (Ansonius) in Salmasius (Exercitt. ad Solin., p. 810 a.: ὁ λίβανος ἔχει τρία εἴδη δένδρων, καί ὁ μέν ἄρρην ὀνομάζεται χαλκολιβανος, ἡλιοειδής καί πυρρός ἤγουν ξανθός), a certain kind of (yellow) frankincense; but both the sense of the passages in Rev and a comparison of Daniel 10:6 and Ezekiel 1:7, which seem to have been in the writer's thought, compel us to understand some metal, like gold if not more precious (cf. Hebrew חַשְׁמָל, a metal composed of gold and silver, Sept ἤλεκτρον, Vulg.electrum, Ezekiel 1:4, 27; Ezekiel 8:2); this interpretation is confirmed by the gloss of Suidas: εἶδος ἠλέκτρου τιμιώτερον χρυσοῦ, ἐστι δέ τό ἤλεκτρον ἀλλοτυπον χρυσίον μεμιγμένον ὕελω καί λιθεία. The word is compounded, no doubt, of χαλκός and λίβανος, not of χαλκός and לָבָן, 'white.' Cf. Winer's RWB, under the word Metalle; Wetzel in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1869, p. 92ff; cf. Ewald, Johann. Schriften, ii., p. 117f; (Lee in the 'Speaker's Commentary' at the passage).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
1:4; 1:7; 1:27; 8:2
Daniel
10:6
Revelation
1:15; 1:15; 2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5474 matches the Greek χαλκολίβανον (chalkolibanon),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:15 - his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:18 - “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
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