Quick Definition
μάρμαρος, ου, ὁ, ἡ n.m. marble
Strong's Definition
from marmairo (to glisten); marble (as sparkling white)
KJV Usage: marble
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
2.45 · Natural Substances · Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances
marble a colorful, relatively hard form of limestone which may be polished to a lustrous finish (especially valued as material for building or for sculpture) Where there is no technical term for ‘marble,’ one may use an expression such as ‘beautiful rock’ or ‘valuable stone.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μάρμαρος marmaros 1x
a white glistening stone; marble, Rev. 18:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** μάρμαρος, -ου, ὁ
(< μαρμαίρω, to glisten), [in LXX: Ep. Je 72*;]
any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.).
In later writers, marble: Re 18:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μάρμαρος. This word, which in the NT is confined to Rey 1812, occurs in P Leid X*-!2 (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. 4514 ἐνχαράχθην és στάλλαν μαρμαρίναν, and for pappapdptos, ‘a marble-mason”’ cf, Kazbel 920%-7 (time of Severus) pappapaplwy τὸ γένος σῶζε, Σέραπι. Boisacy (p. 611) points out that the primary meaning was “ boulder,’’ “ block of rock,’’ as in Hom. Z/. xli. 380, the meaning ‘‘ marble’’ being due to the influence of βαρμαίρω, μαρμάρεος, which are not related to pdppapos. He connects with μάρναμαι in its original sense of ‘‘ break,”’ “‘crush,’’ and compares the formation of rzfes from rumpo.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μάρμαρος (marmaros) — marble. μάρμᾰρος, ὁ, a crystalline rock, which sparkles (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as adjective, πέτρος μ. ὀκριόεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. later, marble, μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. work in marble, i.e. tombstone, τυκτὴ μ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.3. chips made by cutting marble (masculine), [Refs 1st c.AD+]