Strong G4665σμάραγδος
emerald
- Transliteration
- smaragdos
- Pronunciation
- smar'-ag-dos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; the emerald or green gem so called: - emerald.
Detailed definition
σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ
(and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo.36:17 (Exo.39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Eze.28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc.;]
emerald or other trans parent green stone (LS, see word; DB, iv, 620; Swete, Ap., 67, 288): Rev.21:19.†
(AS)
(and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:9 (שֹׁהַם) Exo.36:17 (Exo.39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Eze.28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc.;]
emerald or other trans parent green stone (LS, see word; DB, iv, 620; Swete, Ap., 67, 288): Rev.21:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4665 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- emerald1
First verses
- Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σμάραγδος [μᾰ], ἡ
(ὁ, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.20, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 614))], name of several green stones, including the emerald, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44, 3.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 23, +others, LXX.Exo.28.9, +others, Str.[same place], 17.1.45, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.62, +others, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30, Olymp.Hist. p.466 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, “PMag.Lond.” 46.239)]; also μάραγδος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 373, Comedy texts in “PSI” 2.143.3, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica [same place], 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.178, 18.80; σφραγὶς μαράγδου “IG” 11(2).161 B 44 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 199 B 59 ([prev. passage]), but σφραγὶς σμαράγδου 203 B 87 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC))]; ζμάραγδος implied in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 9.)]
II Σμάραγδος, ἡ, name of the emerald mines in Egypt, ἀρχιμεταλλάρχου τῆς Ζμαράγδου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Proc.Soc.Bibl. Arch.” 31 (1909). 323 (1st c.AD))]; μεταλλάρχη (genitive singular) Ζμαράκτου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 660.2 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; also Σμάραγδος ὄρος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 4.5.8.)]
(ὁ, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.20, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 614))], name of several green stones, including the emerald, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44, 3.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 23, +others, LXX.Exo.28.9, +others, Str.[same place], 17.1.45, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.62, +others, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30, Olymp.Hist. p.466 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, “PMag.Lond.” 46.239)]; also μάραγδος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 373, Comedy texts in “PSI” 2.143.3, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica [same place], 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.178, 18.80; σφραγὶς μαράγδου “IG” 11(2).161 B 44 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 199 B 59 ([prev. passage]), but σφραγὶς σμαράγδου 203 B 87 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC))]; ζμάραγδος implied in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 9.)]
II Σμάραγδος, ἡ, name of the emerald mines in Egypt, ἀρχιμεταλλάρχου τῆς Ζμαράγδου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Proc.Soc.Bibl. Arch.” 31 (1909). 323 (1st c.AD))]; μεταλλάρχη (genitive singular) Ζμαράκτου [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 660.2 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; also Σμάραγδος ὄρος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 4.5.8.)]