Strong G3135μαργαρίτης

pearl

Transliteration
margaritēs
Pronunciation
mar-gar-ee'-tace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From μάργαρος
margaros
(a pearl oyster); a pearl: - pearl.

Detailed definition

μαργαρίτης, -ου, ὁ
a pearl: Mat.13:45-46, 1Ti.2:9, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:21 (-ῖται, WH); proverbially, Mat.7:6.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3135 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pearl8

First verses

  1. Matthew 7:6
    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
  2. Matthew 13:45
    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
  3. Matthew 13:46
    Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
  4. 1 Timothy 2:9
    In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
  5. Revelation 17:4
    And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
  6. Revelation 18:12
    The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
  7. Revelation 18:16
    And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
  8. Revelation 21:21
    And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ,
pearl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.13)]: -ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.93b)]; -ῖτις alone, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Isidorus Characenus Geographus 20: -ὶς λίθος, ἡ, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.53)]; -ίς alone, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30.)]
II -ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.8.)]