Strong’s H1378 · Hebrew

גָּבִישׁ
gâbîysh
gaw-beesh'

Definition

crystal (from its resemblance to ice)

Etymology

from an unused root (probably meaning to freeze);

How the KJV renders it

  • pearl

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.