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Definition of Chasmal
1. chasm [adj] - See also: chasm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasmal
Literary usage of Chasmal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revelation of St John: Expounded for Those who Search the Scriptures by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1851)
"The chasmal denotes here the kernel of the personality, the holiness. ... 27 it
is said : " And I beheld, and it was as chasmal, as the look of fire, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"The Talmud tells us of a child who was trying to comprehend chasmal (AV " amber,"
Ezek. i. 4), when a fire came out of the ..."
3. Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition by Patrick Fairbairn (1855)
"Amber also is not the right word here for chasmal. We have no term exactly
corresponding to it, as it denotes a sort of mixed metal, a composition of gold ..."
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