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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3135 - μαργαρίτης

Transliteration

margarítēs

Phonetics

mar-gar-ee'-tace

Root Word (Etymology)

from margaros (a pearl-oyster)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

4:472,564

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a pearl
a proverb, i.e. a word of great value

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

NAS (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

HCS (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

BSB (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

ESV (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

WEB (9)

Matthew 3

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

KJV (9)

pearl 2

pearls 7

NAS (9)

pearl 2

pearls 7

HCS (9)

pearls 2

pearl 2

pearls 5

BSB (9)

pearl 2

pearls 7

ESV (9)

pearl 2

pearls 7

WEB (9)

pearl 2

pearls 7

RAH

ANT

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

BEZ

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

BGB

N-AMP 2

N-AMS 1

N-DMP 2

N-DMS 1

N-GMP 1

N-GMS 1

N-NMP 1

BMT

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

BYZ

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

ELZ

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

NA26

A-GSM 1

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 2

N-DSM 1

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 1

SBL

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 2

N-DSM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

SCV

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

STV

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

TIS

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 2

N-DSM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 3

N-GSM 2

N-NPM 1

N-APM 2

N-ASM 1

N-DPM 2

N-DSM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ ῑ], 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, ὁ, 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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* μαργαρίτης , -ου , ὁ ,

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