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διαυγής
diaugēs
G6897
G:A Greek

translucent

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diauges describes the city’s gold street as transparent like glass.

The term describes the city’s gold street as having a transparent, glass-like quality in Revelation 21:21.

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  1. Transparent, glass-like appearance · dominant

    In Revelation 21:21, the nominative singular masculine adjective describes the city’s street; the APB renders the clause, "the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 21:21, the APB presents the street as "transparent as glass." This wording confirms the clause’s imagery without isolating the adjective beyond it.

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