Strong's Lexicon
G3135 — μαργαρίτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3135 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μαργαρίτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from margaros (a pearl-oyster) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | margarites |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mar-gar-ee'-tace |
| Meaning: | 1. a pearl |
| KJV Renderings: | pearl |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μαργαρίτης, μαργαρίτου, ὁ, a pearl: Mat 13:45; 1Ti 2:9; Rev 17:4; Rev 18:1-24:(),; (here L T WH accent μαργαρῖται, R G Tr μαργαρῖται (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 101)); τούς μαργαρίτας βάλλειν ἔμπροσθεν χοίρων, a proverb, i. e. to thrust the most sacred and precious teachings of the gospel upon the most wicked and abandoned men (incompetent as they are, through their hostility to the gospel, to receive them), and thus to profane them, Mat 7:6 (cf. Pro 3:15; Job 28:18 f).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μαργαρίτης (pearl)
Matthew 7:6
- KJV: 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
- GK: μη δώτε το άγιον τοις κυσί μηδέ βάλητε τους μαργαρίτας υμων έμπροσθεν των χοίρων μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αυτούς εν τοις ποσίν αυτών και στραφέντες ρήξωσιν υμάς
Matthew 13:45
- KJV: Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls
- GK: πάλιν ομοία εστίν η βασιλεία των ουρανών ανθρώπω εμπόρω ζητούντι καλούς μαργαρίτας
Matthew 13:46
- KJV: Who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it
- GK: ος ευρών ένα πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην απελθών πέπρακε πάντα όσα είχε και ηγόρασεν αυτόν
1 Timothy 2:9
- KJV: 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
- GK: ωσαύτως και τας γυναίκας εν καταστολή κοσμίω μετά αιδούς και σωφροσύνης κοσμείν εαυτάς μη εν πλέγμασιν η χρυσώ η μαργαρίταις η ιματισμώ πολυτελεί
Revelation 17:4
- KJV: 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
- GK: και η γυνή ην περιβεβλημένη πορφύρα και κόκκινον κεχρυσωμένη χρυσώ και λίθω τιμίω και μαργαρίταις έχουσα χρυσούν ποτήριον εν τη χειρί αυτής γέμον βδελυγμάτων και τα ακάθαρτα της πορνείας αυτής
Revelation 18:12
- KJV: 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
- GK: γόμον χρυσού και αργύρου και λίθου τιμίου και μαργαρίτου και βύσσου και πορφυρού και σηρικού και κοκκίνου και παν ξύλον θυϊνον και παν σκεύος ελεφάντινον και παν σκεύος εκ ξύλου τιμιωτάτου και χαλκού και σιδήρου και μαρμάρου
Revelation 18:16
- KJV: 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
- GK: και λέγοντες ουαί ουαί η πόλις η μεγάλη η περιβεβλημένη βύσσινον και πορφυρούν και κόκκινον και κεχρυσωμένη εν χρυσώ και λίθω τιμίω και μαργαρίταις
Revelation 21:21
- KJV: And the twelve gates twelve pearls every several gate was of one pearl and the street of the city pure gold as it were transparent glass
- GK: και οι δώδεκα πυλώνες δώδεκα μαργαρίται ανά εις έκαστος των πυλώνων ην εξ ενός μαργαρίτου και η πλατεία της πόλεως χρυσίον καθαρόν ως ύελος διαυγης