Strong G3139μάρμαρος
marble
- Transliteration
- marmaros
- Pronunciation
- mar'-mar-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From μαρμαίρω marmairō (to glisten);
marble (as sparkling white): - marble.
marble (as sparkling white): - marble.
Detailed definition
μάρμαρος, -ου, ὁ
(μαρμαίρω, to glisten), [in LXX: Ep. Jer.7:2 *;]
1. any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.).
2. In later writers, marble: Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
(μαρμαίρω, to glisten), [in LXX: Ep. Jer.7:2 *;]
1. any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.).
2. In later writers, marble: Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3139 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- marble1
First verses
- Revelation 18:12The 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,
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
μάρμᾰρος, ὁ,
a crystalline rock, which sparkles (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.380, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.499, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 663 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1172 (Lyric poetry))]: as adjective, πέτρος μ. ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.735, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1401, etc.)]
II later, marble, μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.185, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 9: also _feminine_, μαρμάρου.. τῆς Πεντελικῆς μέταλλα 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23; μ. λίθος [prev. author] 14.1.35: hence,)]
II.2 work in marble, i.e. tombstone, τυκτὴ μ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.211.)]
II.3 chips made by cutting marble (masculine), [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.660c, 954a, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.79.)]
a crystalline rock, which sparkles (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.380, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.499, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 663 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1172 (Lyric poetry))]: as adjective, πέτρος μ. ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.735, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1401, etc.)]
II later, marble, μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.185, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 9: also _feminine_, μαρμάρου.. τῆς Πεντελικῆς μέταλλα 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23; μ. λίθος [prev. author] 14.1.35: hence,)]
II.2 work in marble, i.e. tombstone, τυκτὴ μ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.211.)]
II.3 chips made by cutting marble (masculine), [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.660c, 954a, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.79.)]