Schaff's Bible Dictionary
GIZ'RITES. See Gezrites. GLASS was discovered by the Phoenicians, or perhaps earlier. Representations Egyptian Glass Blowers. ) Egyptian Glass Bottles. ) of the process of glass-blowing are found on Eyptian monuments, and glass beads and fragments of glass vases have been discovered of very ancient age. T. " The mirrors referred to by the word "glass" in 1 Cor 13:12; 2 Cor 3:18; Jas 1:23 were not made of glass. See Looking-glass.