Quick Definition
a pearl
Strong's Definition
a pearl
Derivation: from (a pearl-oyster);
KJV Usage: pearl
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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μαργαρίτης margaritēs 9x
a pearl, Mat_7:6 ; Mat_13:45-46 ; 1Ti_2:9 ; Rev_17:4 ; Rev_18:12 ; Rev_18:16 ; Rev_21:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* μαργαρίτης , -ου , ὁ ,
a pearl: Mat_13:45-46 , 1Ti_2:9 , Rev_17:4 ; Rev_18:12 ; Rev_18:16 ; Rev_21:21 (-ῖται , WH ); proverbially, Mat_7:6 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μαργαρίτης μαργα^ρί_της, ου, ὁ, "a pearl", Theophr. , etc. [Etym: A Persian word.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μαργαρίτης, -ου, ὁ
a pearl: Mat.13:45-46, 1Ti.2:9, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:21 (-ῖται, WH); proverbially, Mat.7:6.†
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