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PEARL. References in OT are uncertain. In Job 28:10 gâbîsh is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘pearls,’ but in RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘ crystal ,’ while pÄ•nînîm in same verse is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘rubies,’ hut in RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘pearls.’ In Esther 1:6 dar should perhaps he rendered ‘pearl’ or ‘mother-of-pearl.’ In NT pearls (Gr. margaritai ) are mentioned in Matthew 7:8; Mat 13:45 f., 1 Timothy 2:9 , Revelation 21:21 . The last ref. must be to mother-of-pearl. Pearls are a pathological production of the mollusc Avicula. margaritifera .
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Pearl'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/pearl.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Pearl'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/pearl.html. 1909.
