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Strong's #3135 - μαργαρίτης

Transliteration
margarítēs
Phonetics
mar-gar-ee'-tace
Origin
from margaros (a pearl-oyster)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TDNT
4:472,564
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. a pearl
  2. a proverb, i.e. a word of great value
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
BSB (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
CSB (8)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
ESV (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
KJV (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
N95 (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
NAS (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
NLT (10)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 6
WEB (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
YLT (9)
Matthew 3
1 Timothy 1
Revelation 5
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ ], ου, ὁ,

I pearl, Thphr. Lap. 36, Ael. NA 10.13: - ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. ap. Ath. 3.93b; - ῖτις alone, Isid.Char. 20: - ὶς λίθος, ἡ, Philostr. VA 3.53; - ίς alone, Hld. 2.30.

II - ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, Ael. NA 15.8.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μαργαρίτης, μαργαρίτου, , a pearl: Matthew 13:45; 1 Timothy 2:9; Revelation 17:4; 18:(),; (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, Matthew 7:6 (cf. Proverbs 3:15; Job 28:18f).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* μαργαρίτης , -ου , ,

a pearl: Matthew 13:45-46, 1 Timothy 2:9, Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:12; Revelation 18:16; Revelation 21:21 (-ῖται , WH); proverbially, Matthew 7:6.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
μαργαριται μαργαρίται μαργαρῖται μαργαριταις μαργαρίταις μαργαριτας μαργαρίτας μαργαριτη μαργαρίτῃ μαργαριτην μαργαρίτην μαργαριτου μαργαρίτου μαργαριτων μαργαριτῶν margaritai margarîtai margaritais margarítais margaritas margarítas margarite margaritē margarítei margarítēi margariten margaritēn margaríten margarítēn margariton margaritôn margaritōn margaritō̂n margaritou margarítou
 
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