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kris´tal: In English Versions of the Bible the word is probably intended to signify rock-crystal, crystallized quartz. This the Greeks called κÏÏ…Ìσταλλος, kruÌstallos, “ice,†believing it to have been formed from water by intense cold. Thus in ; ; , either “crystal†(EV) or “ice†(Greek, krustallos) suits the context. The word rendered “crystal†in (קרח, kÌ£erahÌ£) is ambiguous in precisely the same way (the Revised Version, margin “iceâ€). In the context favors the King James Version “crystal,†rather than the Revised Version (British and American) “glass†(זכוּכית, zekhuÌ„khı̄th). Finally, in the Revised Version (British and American) reads “crystal†for the King James Version “pearls†(Hebrew gaÌ„bhı̄sh; the weight of evidence favors the Revised Version (British and American) in spite of the parallelism suggested by the King James Version). See also STONES, PRECIOUS.