Bible Dictionary
GLISTERING
Glistering describes something shining or brilliantly lustrous. It refers to brilliant stones and to the radiant whiteness of Christ’s garments at the Transfiguration.
Definition
Glistering describes something shining, brilliant, or lustrous. It may refer to colored brilliant stones or to a radiant appearance.
Biblical Usage
The word describes the white, lustrous appearance of Christ’s garments at the Transfiguration. It also appears in the description of glistering stones.
Historical Background
In 1 Chronicles 29:2, glistering stones is regarded as preferable to the rendering inlaid stones because some colored, brilliant stone seems intended.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>glis'-ter-ing (pukh, "dye" (spec. "stibium"), "fair colors"; stilbonta): "`Glistering stones' (1Ch 29:2) is better</p><p>than the `inlaid' of the Revised Version (British and American); for some kind of colored, brilliant stone seems meant" (HDB, II, 182); compare Isa 54:11 Revised Version, margin. The term is employed in Mr 9:3 to denote the white, lustrous appearance of Christ's garments at the transfiguration. It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. For once the Divine effulgence shone through the veil of the humiliation (compare Joh 1:14).</p>