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Strong's #3139 - μάρμαρος
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μάρμᾰρος, ὁ,
I a crystalline rock, which sparkles (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις Il. 12.380, Od. 9.499, cf. E. Ph. 663 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 1172 (lyr.): as Adj., πέτρος μ. ὀκριόεις Il. 16.735, cf. E. Ph. 1401, etc.
II
1. later, marble, μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν Hp. Mul. 2.185, cf. Thphr. Lap. 9: also fem., μαρμάρου.. τῆς Πεντελικῆς μέταλλα Str. 9.1.23; μ. λίθος Id. 14.1.35: hence,
2. work in marble, i.e. tombstone, τυκτὴ μ. Theoc. 22.211.
3. chips made by cutting marble (masc.), Plu. 2.660c, 954a, Dsc. 5.79.
μάρμαρος, μαρμάρου, ὁ, ἡ (μαρμαίρω to sparkle, glisten);
1. a stone, rock (Homer, Euripides).
2. marble ((cf. Epistle Jer.
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** μάρμαρος , -ου , ὁ
(< μαρμαίρω , to glisten),
[in LXX: Ep. Jeremiah 7:2*;]
1. any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.).
2. In later writers, marble: Revelation 18:12.†
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This word, which in the NT is confined to Revelation 18:12, occurs in P Leid Xx. 12 (iii/iv A.D.) (= II. p. 231) ποιεῖ δὲ οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ χάρτου ἢ διφθέρας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ μαρμάρου ἐστιλβωμένου, with reference to χρυσογραφία, ";writing in letters of gold."; For the adj. μαρμάρινος cf. the Mytilenean decree Cagnat IV. 45.14 ἐνχαράχθην ἐς στάλλαν μαρμαρίναν, and for μαρμαράριος, ";a marble-mason"; cf. kaibel 920ii. 7 (time of Severus) μαρμαραρίων τὸ γένος σῶζε, Σέραπι. Boisacq (p. 611) points out that the primary meaning was ";boulder,"; ";block of rock,"; as in Horn. Il. xii. 380, the meaning ";marble"; being due to the influence of μαρμαίρω, μαρμάρεος, which are not related to μάρμαρος. He connects with μάρναμαι in its original sense of ";break,"; ";crush,"; and compares the formation of rupes from rumpo.
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