APOCRYPHA
hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from them in the sixteenth century, but which have no claim to be regarded as in any sense parts of the inspired Word. (1.) They are not once quoted by the New Testament writers, who frequently quote from t......
CRYSTAL
(Ezek. 1:22, Ezek. 1: with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6;21:11;22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time. ......