Electricity a Greek word?

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Well, sort of, in a round about way. It comes from Latin, but was based on the Greek term for amber (which again, may come from another language as well as I will point out later). And why am I mentioning this? Because the term is actually used in the Septuagint Greek translation of the book of Ezekiel, 8:2 "orasis elektrou=color/appearance of amber". Along with the Hebrew text, as I have often said, I make it a point to read the Septuagint Greek version as well, since the New Testament often quotes from it. And though I have read the passage many times before, it just struck me today that I might actually make a note of it because although Greek textbooks will often use examples of Modern English words which will have Greek roots, this actually isn't an example that I can recall anyone using (though they may have), and I thought it would be worth mentioning it...for the sake of being a complete nerd, er I mean, for the sake of thoroughness (?). Well that and I haven't actually made a linguistic post in a long time. Btw, the Greek term as well, is possibly borrowed from Phoenician.