noun · masculine

chalkēdōnos

Greekχαλκηδών (chalkēdōn)

Strong’sG5472

chalcedony

stem chalkēdōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

chalcedony1×

What it means

*† χαλκηδών, -όνος, ὁ

chalcedony, "supposed to denote a green silicate of copper found in the mines near Chalcedon " (Swete): Re 21:19.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5472 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhal-kay-dohn'

copper-like, i.e. "chalcedony"

Fromfrom G5475 and perhaps G1491;

King Jameschalcedony.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	chalkēdōnos1×χαλκηδών	chalkēdōnois
object accusative	chalkēdōnon	chalkēdōnoin
direct address vocative	chalkēdōnor	chalkēdōnoir
of, belonging to genitive	chalkēdōnou	chalkēdōnoiu
to, for dative	chalkēdōno	chalkēdōnoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

chalkēdōnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

chalkēdōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

chalkēdōnos“chalcedony”subjectnominative singular1×

Revelation 21:19“chalcedony”tois themeliois teu teicheu tau politau panto litho timio kosmirētois; tos themelios tos prōtos iaspias, tos deuteros sapfiras, tos tritos chalkēdōnos, tos tetartos smaragdos,The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,