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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Glass</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/g/glass.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/1_corinthians/13-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/g/glass.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Glass</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/g/glares.htm" title="Glares">&#9668;</a> Glass <a href="/topical/naves/g/glass--general_scriptures_concerning.htm" title="Glass: General Scriptures Concerning">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#smi" title="Smith's Bible Dictionary">Smith's</a> &#8226; <a href="#amt" title="American Tract Society Bible Dictionary">ATS</a> &#8226; <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> &#8226; <a href="#eas" title="Easton's Bible Dictionary">Easton's</a> &#8226; <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> &#8226; <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> &#8226; <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> &#8226; <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> &#8226; <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> &#8226; <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> &#8226; <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div><b>Definition and Historical Context:</b> <br>Glass, as understood in contemporary terms, refers to a hard, brittle substance typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other materials. In biblical times, the production and use of glass were not as advanced as today. The ancient world, including regions like Egypt and Mesopotamia, had developed rudimentary glass-making techniques, primarily for beads and small vessels. However, glass was a luxury item and not commonly mentioned in the biblical text.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Symbolism:</b> <br>The Bible does not frequently mention glass, but when it does, it often carries symbolic meaning. The most notable references to glass are found in the New Testament, particularly in the Book of Revelation.<br><br>1. <b><a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a> :</b> "Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal." <br> &#183; This passage describes the heavenly throne room, where the "sea of glass" symbolizes purity, clarity, and the transcendence of God's presence. The imagery of glass here conveys the idea of divine perfection and the unapproachable holiness of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a> :</b> "And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name were standing on the sea of glass with harps of God." <br> &#183; The "sea of glass mixed with fire" represents the mingling of God's holiness with His judgment. The victorious saints standing on this sea signify triumph over evil and the steadfastness of faith amidst trials.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18, 21</a> :</b> "The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as pure as glass... And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, as clear as glass." <br> &#183; In the description of the New Jerusalem, glass is used to depict the city's unparalleled beauty and purity. The transparency of the gold, likened to glass, emphasizes the glory and perfection of the eternal dwelling place of God with His people.<br><br><b>Cultural and Theological Insights:</b> <br>In biblical symbolism, glass often represents clarity, purity, and the divine nature of God's kingdom. The transparency of glass serves as a metaphor for the unobstructed vision and understanding that believers will have in the presence of God. The use of glass in Revelation highlights the contrast between the imperfect, opaque world and the perfect, transparent reality of heaven.<br><br><b>Applications for Believers:</b> <br>The imagery of glass in Scripture encourages believers to pursue purity and clarity in their spiritual lives. Just as glass is refined and purified through fire, Christians are called to undergo spiritual refinement, allowing God's light to shine through them. The references to glass in Revelation also serve as a reminder of the hope and promise of eternal life, where believers will experience the fullness of God's glory and presence.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Glass</span><p>The Hebrew word occurs only in (<a href="/job/28-17.htm">Job 28:17</a>) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal." In spite of the absence of specific allusion to glass in the sacred writings, the Hebrews must have been aware of the invention from paintings representing the process of glass-blowing, which have been discovered at Beni-hassan, and in tombs at other places, we know that the invention vas known at least 3500 years ago. Fragments too of wine-vases as old as the exodus have been discovered in Egypt. The art was also known to the ancient Assyrians. In the New Testament glass is alluded to as an emblem of brightness. (<a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">15:2</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">21:18</a>)<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Glass</span><p>Was well known to the ancients, and no doubt to the Jews; its invention is traced to an incident on the coast to Phoenica, and the arts of blowing, coloring, and cutting it were familiar to the ancient Egyptians. The "looking glasses" of the Jews, however, were of highly polished metal, usually small and round, <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8</a> <a href="/job/37-18.htm">Job 37:18</a> <a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23</a>. Glass does not appear to have been used at that time for mirrors, nor for windows; but for cups, bottles, vases, ornaments, sacred emblems, etc. It is alluded to in <a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 <a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></a> <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a> 15:2:21:18,21; probably also in <a href="/context/job/28-17.htm">Job 28:17</a>, where our English version has the word crystal. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A glass bottle with the name of Sargon on it was found among the ruins of the north-west palace of Nimroud. The Hebrew word zekukith (<a href="/job/28-17.htm">Job 28:17</a>), rendered in the Authorized Version "crystal," is rightly rendered in the Revised Version "glass." This is the only allusion to glass found in the Old Testament. It is referred to in the New Testament in <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a>;<a href="/revelation/15-2.htm"> 15:2</a>;<a href="/revelation/21-18.htm"> 21:18</a>, 21. In <a href="/job/37-18.htm">Job 37:18</a>, the word rendered "looking-glass" is in the Revised Version properly rendered "mirror," formed, i.e., of some metal. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8</a>: "looking-glasses" are brazen mirrors, R.V.). A mirror is referred to also in <a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23</a>. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) Anything made of glass.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A looking-glass; a mirror.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) A weatherglass; a barometer.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.<p>10. (<I>v. t.</I>) To case in glass.<p>11. (<I>v. t.</I>) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.<p>12. (<I>v. t.</I>) To smooth or polish anything, as leather, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">GLASS</span><p>glas (zekhukhith; hualos):<br><br>1. History:<br><br>Glass is of great antiquity. The story of its discovery by accident, as related by Pliny (NH, xxxvi.65), is apocryphal, but it was natural for the Greeks and Romans to ascribe it to the Phoenicians, since they were the producers of the article as known to them. The Egyptian monuments have revealed to us the manufacture in a time so remote that it must have preceded that of the Phoenicians. A representation of glass-blowing on monuments of the Old Empire, as formerly supposed, is now regarded as doubtful, but undoubted examples of glazed pottery of that age exist. A fragment of blue glass has been found inscribed with the name of Antef III, of the XIth Dynasty, dating from 2000 or more B.C. (Davis, Ancient Egypt, 324). The oldest dated bottle, or vase, is one bearing the name of Thothmes III, 1500 or more B.C., and numerous examples occur of later date. The close connection between Egypt and Syria from the time of Thothmes on must have made glass known in the latter country, and the Phoenicians, so apt in all lines of trade and manufacture, naturally seized on glass-making as a most profitable art and they became very proficient in it. The earliest glass was not very transparent, since they did not know how to free the materials used from impurities. It had a greenish or purplish tinge, and a large part of the examples we have of Phoenician glass exhibit this. But we have many examples of blue, red and yellow varieties which were purposely colored, and others quite opaque and of a whitish color, resembling porcelain (Perrot and Chipiez, Art in Ancient Phoenicia and Its Dependencies). But both they and the Egyptians made excellent transparent glass also, and decorated it with brilliant coloring on the surface (ib; Beni Hasan, Archeol. Survey of Egypt, Pt IV). Layard (Nineveh and Babylon) mentions a vase of transparent glass bearing the name of Sargon (522-505 B.C.), and glass was early known to the Babylonians.<br><br>2. Manufacture:<br><br>Phoenicia was the great center, and the quantities found in tombs of Syria and Palestine go to confirm the statement that this was one of the great industries of this people, to which ancient authors testify (Strabo, Geog.; Pliny, NH). Josephus refers to the sand of the Belus as that from which glass was made (BJ, II, x, 2). It seems to have been especially adapted for the purpose, but there are other places on the coast where plenty of suitable sand could be obtained. The potash required was obtained by burning certain marine and other plants, and saltpeter, or niter, was also employed. The manufacture began centuries B.C. on this coast, and in the 12th century A.D. a factory is mentioned as still being worked at Tyre, and the manufacture was later carried on at Hebron, even down to recent times (Perrot and Chipiez).<br><br>Both the Egyptians and Phoenicians gained such proficiency in making transparent and colored glass that they imitated precious stones with such skill as to deceive the unwary. Necklaces are found composed of a mixture of real brilliants and glass imitations. Cut glass was manufactured in Egypt as early as the XVIIIth Dynasty, and diamonds were made use of in the article Glass composed of different colors in the same piece was made by placing layers of glass wire, of different colors, one above the other and then fusing them so thar they became united in a solid mass without intermingling. Colored designs on the surface were produced by tracing the patterns, while the glass was still warm and plastic, deep enough to receive the threads of colored glass which were imbedded in them. The whole was heated again sufficiently to fuse the threads and attach them to the body. The surface was then made even by perishing. By this process vessels and ornaments of very beautiful design were produced. Many of the specimens, as found, are covered by an exquisite iridescence which is due wholly to the decomposition of the surface by chemical action, from lying buried for centuries in the soil which thus acts upon it. This is often lost in handling by the scaling off of the outer surface.<br><br>Glass, in the strict sense, is rarely mentioned in Scripture, but it was certainly known to the Hebrews, and occurs in <a href="/job/28-17.htm">Job 28:17</a> (translated "crystal" in the King James Version). Bottles, cups and other vessels in glass must have been in use to some extent. The wine cup of <a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Proverbs 23:31</a> and the bottle for tears mentioned in <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a> were most likely of glass. Tear bottles are found in great quantities in the tombs throughout the land and were undoubtedly connected with funeral rites, the mourners collecting their tears and placing them in these bottles to be buried with the dead. As mourners were hired for the purpose, the number of these bottles would indicate the extent to which the deceased was honored. These were, of course, small, some quite diminutive (see illustration), as also were the vials or pots to contain the ointment for the eyebrows and eyelashes, used to heighten the beauty of the women, which was probably a custom among the Hebrews as well as their neighbors. Rings, bracelets and anklets of glass are very common and were doubtless worn by the Hebrew women (see <a href="/isaiah/3-18.htm">Isaiah 3:18</a>). In the New Testament the Greek hualos occurs in <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18, 21</a>, and the adjective derived from it hualinos in 4:6 and 15:2. In the other passages, where in the King James Version "glass" occurs, the reference is to "looking-glass," or mirror, which was not made of glass, but of bronze, and polished so as to reflect the light similar to glass. The Hebrew word for this is gillayon (<a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm">Isaiah 3:23</a>), or mar'ah (<a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8</a>), and the Greek esoptron (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a> <a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23</a>; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; Sirach 12:11).<br><br>The composition of the Phoenician glass varies considerably. The analysis shows that, besides the ordinary constituents of silica, lime, lead, potash or soda, other elements are found, some being used for the purpose of coloring, such as manganese to give the purplish or violet hue, cobalt for blue, copper for red, etc. The articles illustrated above are of ordinary transparent glass with an iridescent surface, caused by decomposition, as mentioned above, indicated by the scaly appearance. Numbers 1, 4 and 5 are tear bottles, number 4 being only 1 3/4 inches in height; numbers 2 and 3 are ointment vases which were used for the ointment with which ladies were accustomed to color their eyebrows and eyelashes to enhance their beauty. This custom still prevails in the East. The small ladle by the side of the larger vase is of bronze, used in applying the ointment. This vase is double and 6 3/4 inches high, ornamented with glass wire wound upon it while plastic. The larger vases (numbers 6 and 7) are about 6 inches in height. The hand-mirror ("looking-glass" the King James Version) is bronze, and had originally a polished surface, but is now corroded.<br><br>H. Porter<p><span class="encheading">GLASS, SEA OF</span><p>(thalassa hualine; <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a>): In the vision of heaven in these two apocalyptic passages a "glassy sea" is seen before the throne of God. The pure translucency of the sea is indicated in the former reference by the words, "like unto crystal"; and the fiery element that may symbolize the energy of the Divine holiness is suggested in the latter passage by the trait, "mingled with fire." On the margin of this sea-on the inner side-stood the victorious saints, with harps, singing the song of Moses and of the Lamb (<a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2-4</a>). The imagery here points to a relation with the triumphal song in <a href="/nasb/exodus/15.htm">Exodus 15</a>, after the deliverance from Pharaoh at the Red Sea. It is not easy to define the symbolism precisely. The sea, reflecting in its crystalline depths the purity and holiness of the Divine character and administration, speaks at the same time of difficulties surmounted, victory obtained and safety assured, the after-glow of the Divine judgments by which this result has been secured still illuminating the glassy expanse that has been crossed.<br><br>James Orr<p><span class="encheading">SEA OF GLASS</span><p>See <a href="../g/glass.htm">GLASS, SEA OF</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5194.htm"><span class="l">5194. hualos -- a clear transparent stone, <b>glass</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a clear transparent stone, <b>glass</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:<br> hualos Phonetic Spelling: (hoo&#39;-al-os) Short Definition: <b>glass</b> Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5194.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5193.htm"><span class="l">5193. hualinos -- of <b>glass</b>, glassy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of <b>glass</b>, glassy. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hualinos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hoo-al&#39;-ee-nos) Short Definition: glassy, transparent Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5193.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2072.htm"><span class="l">2072. esoptron -- a mirror (ie an object for looking into)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: esoptron Phonetic Spelling:<br> (es&#39;-op-tron) Short Definition: a mirror Definition: a mirror, looking-<b>glass</b> (made <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2072.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2734.htm"><span class="l">2734. katoptrizo -- to reflect as a mirror</span></a> <br><b>...</b> voice from a compound of kata and a derivative of optanomai (compare esoptron);<br> to mirror oneself, ie To see reflected (figuratively) -- behold as in a <b>glass</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2734.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2137.htm"><span class="l">2137. zekokith -- <b>glass</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>glass</b>. Transliteration: zekokith Phonetic Spelling: (zek-oo-keeth) Short Definition:<br> <b>glass</b>. Word Origin from zakak Definition <b>glass</b> NASB Word Usage <b>glass</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2137.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4759.htm"><span class="l">4759. mar&#39;ah -- vision</span></a><br>mar&#39;ah. 4758, 4759. mar&#39;ah. 4759a . vision. Transliteration: mar&#39;ah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (mar-aw&#39;) Short Definition: <b>glass</b>. looking <b>glass</b>, vision <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4759.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7209.htm"><span class="l">7209. rei -- a mirror</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from raah Definition a mirror NASB Word Usage mirror (1). looking <b>glass</b>.<br> From ra&#39;ah; a mirror (as seen) -- looking <b>glass</b>. see HEBREW ra&#39;ah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7209.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1549.htm"><span class="l">1549. gillayon -- a table, tablet</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>glass</b>, roll. Or gilyown {ghil-yone&#39;}; from galah; a tablet for writing (as bare);<br> by analogy, a mirror (as a plate) -- <b>glass</b>, roll. see HEBREW galah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1549.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hayward/the_book_of_religions/john_glass.htm"><span class="l">John <b>Glass</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE FATHERS OF THE REFORMATION, FOUNDERS OF SECTS, AND<br> OF OTHER DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME. John <b>Glass</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/john glass.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bliss/a_brief_commentary_on_the_apocalypse/the_victors_on_the_sea.htm"><span class="l">The victors on the Sea of <b>Glass</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE. The Victors on the Sea of <b>Glass</b>. <b>...</b> The &quot;sea<br> of <b>glass</b>,&quot; must represent an elevation above the earth. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the victors on the sea.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/seen_in_a_looking_glass.htm"><span class="l">Seen in a Looking <b>Glass</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 12. Wesley&#39;s Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; the<br> Speaking Statue; Wesley&#39;s Pentecost Seen in a Looking <b>Glass</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/seen in a looking glass.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/the_good_news_of_god/sermon_xxxiv_the_sea_of.htm"><span class="l">The Sea of <b>Glass</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SERMON XXXIV. THE SEA OF <b>GLASS</b>. (Trinity Sunday.) Revelation 4:9, 10, 11. <b>...</b> And<br> before the throne is a sea of <b>glass</b>; the same sea which St. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxxiv the sea of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watts/hymns_and_spiritual_songs/hymn_0_184027778_sight_through_a.htm"><span class="l">Sight through a <b>Glass</b>, and Face to Face.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the first and third lines of the stanza. Hymn 2:145. Sight through a <b>glass</b>,<br> and face to face. 1 I love the windows of thy grace <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 184027778 sight through a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/july_the_thirteenth_plain_glass.htm"><span class="l">July the Thirteenth Plain <b>Glass</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> JULY The Thirteenth PLAIN <b>GLASS</b>. &quot;They were fishers.&quot; "Matthew 4:12-22. <b>...</b> There<br> is nothing like plain <b>glass</b> for letting in the light! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/july the thirteenth plain glass.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_and_hymns_of_isaac_watts/hymn_145_sight_through_a.htm"><span class="l">Sight through a <b>Glass</b>, and Face to Face.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hymns, Book II HYMN 145 Sight through a <b>glass</b>, and face to face. CM Sight through<br> a <b>glass</b>, and face to face. I love the windows of thy grace,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 145 sight through a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/cliv_my_glass_is_half.htm"><span class="l">Cliv My <b>Glass</b> is Half Unspent; Forbear T&#39;Arrest</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CLIV My <b>glass</b> is half unspent; Forbear<br> t&#39;arrest. <b>...</b> Is that my <b>glass</b> may run but out the rest. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cliv my glass is half.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_the_holy_trinity/chapter_8_how_the_apostle_says.htm"><span class="l">How the Apostle Says that God is Now Seen by us through a <b>Glass</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XV. Chapter 8."How the Apostle Says that God is Now Seen by Us Through<br> a <b>Glass</b>. 14. I know that wisdom is an incorporeal <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 8 how the apostle says.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_v_lo_now_the.htm"><span class="l">Lo, Now the Trinity Appears unto Me in a <b>Glass</b> Darkly...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XIII Chapter V Lo, now the Trinity appears unto me in a <b>glass</b> darkly?<br> Lo, now the Trinity appears unto me in a <b>glass</b> darkly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter v lo now the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/glass.htm"><span class="l"><b>Glass</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> vases, etc. A <b>glass</b> bottle with the name of Sargon on it was found among<br> the ruins of the north-west palace of Nimroud. The Hebrew <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/glass.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/looking-glass.htm"><span class="l">Looking-<b>glass</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Looking-<b>glass</b>. Lookingglass, Looking-<b>glass</b>. Lookingglasses . Noah Webster's<br> Dictionary <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LOOKING-<b>GLASS</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/looking-glass.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/crystal.htm"><span class="l">Crystal (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) A species of <b>glass</b>, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than<br> common <b>glass</b>, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint <b>glass</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/crystal.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/crafts.htm"><span class="l">Crafts (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> BIBLE 1. Brickmaking 2. Carpentering (Wood-Working) 3. Carving (Engraving) 4. Ceramics<br> 5. Dyeing and Cleansing 6. Embroidering (Needlework) 7. <b>Glass</b>-Making 8 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/crafts.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flashing.htm"><span class="l">Flashing (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore<br> its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown <b>glass</b> to allow <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flashing.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/transparent.htm"><span class="l">Transparent (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (a.) Clearly transmitting rays of light; easy to understand or see through;<br> diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent <b>glass</b>; a transparent diamond; -- opposed <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/transparent.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/resembling.htm"><span class="l">Resembling (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> look at. (See NIV). Revelation 4:6 And in front of the throne there seemed<br> to be a sea of <b>glass</b>, resembling crystal. And midway between <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/resembling.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mirror.htm"><span class="l">Mirror (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) A looking-<b>glass</b> or a speculum; any <b>glass</b> or polished substance that forms<br> images by the reflection of rays of light. <b>...</b> MIRROR. mir'er. See LOOKING-<b>GLASS</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mirror.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/seemed.htm"><span class="l">Seemed (89 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> them; (BBE). Revelation 4:6 And in front of the throne there seemed to<br> be a sea of <b>glass</b>, resembling crystal. And midway between <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/seemed.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/victorious.htm"><span class="l">Victorious (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of <b>glass</b> mingled with fire; and<br> them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/victorious.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sea-of-glass.html">What is the sea of glass mentioned in Revelation 4:6 and 15:2? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/grumpy-Christian.html">How can I stop being a grumpy Christian? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/who-will-go-to-heaven.html">Who will go to heaven? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/glass.htm">Glass: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Glass (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></span><br />For now we see through a <span class="boldtext">glass</span>, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.<br /><span class="source">(KJV BBE WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a></span><br />But we all, with open face beholding as in a <span class="boldtext">glass</span> the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(KJV BBE WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23</a></span><br />For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a <span class="boldtext">glass</span>:<br /><span class="source">(KJV BBE WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a></span><br />Before the throne was something like a sea of <span class="boldtext">glass</span>, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/9-17.htm">Revelation 9:17</a></span><br />And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and <span class="boldtext">glass</span> and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a></span><br />I saw something like a sea of <span class="boldtext">glass</span> mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-11.htm">Revelation 21:11</a></span><br />Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as <span class="boldtext">glass</span>:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18</a></span><br />The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure <span class="boldtext">glass</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Revelation 21:21</a></span><br />The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent <span class="boldtext">glass</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1</a></span><br />And I saw a river of water of life, clear as <span class="boldtext">glass</span>, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm">Job 28:17</a></span><br />Gold and <span class="boldtext">glass</span> can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/37-18.htm">Job 37:18</a></span><br />Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking <span class="boldtext">glass</span>?<br /><span class="source">(KJV BBE WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a 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