noun · masculine
hualos
Greekὕαλος (hualos)
Strong’sG5194
glass
stem hual-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὕαλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Jb 28:17 (זְכוּכִית) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5194 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoo'-al-os
glass
Fromperhaps from the same as G5205 (as being transparent like rain);
King Jamesglass.
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 | hualos1×ὕαλος | hualois |
| object accusative | hualon | hualoin |
| direct address vocative | hualor | hualoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hualou | hualoiu |
| to, for dative | hualo1×ὑάλῳ | hualoi |
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
hualo 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hualos“glass”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 21:21“glass”kai tois dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos toiu pulōnoiu ate ek henou margaritou; kai tas plateias tau politau chrusiem katharem hōs hualos diaugos.And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
hualo“glass”to, fordative singular1×
Revelation 21:18“glass”kai tas endōmēsias teu teicheu autau iaspias, kai tas politas chrusiem katharem homoiem hualo katharo;The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.