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G4557 σαρδόνυξ (sardónyx)
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Quick Definition

σαρδόνυξ, υχος, ὁ n.m. sardonyx

Strong's Definition

from the base of 4556 and onux (the nail of a finger; hence the "onyx" stone); a "sardonyx", i.e. the gem so called

KJV Usage: sardonyx

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -υχος | σάρδιον

2.35 · Natural Substances · Precious and Semiprecious Stones and Substances

onyx, sardonyx onyx, sardonyx, of varying colors (see 2.29)

REV 21:20

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σαρδόνυξ sardonyx 1x

sardonyx, a gem exhibiting the color of the carnelian and the white of the calcedony, intermingled in alternate layers, Rev. 21:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* σαρδόνυξ (L, σαρδιόνυξ), -υχος, ὁ

(< σάρδιον, ὄνυξ),

sardonyx, a stone marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx: Re 21:20.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σαρδόνυξ, ““sardonyx,” a variety of onyx (Rev 212°): cf. Pliny H.W. XxXxVil. 23: ‘*‘Sardonyches olim ut ex ipso nomine apparet intellegebantur candore in sarda, hoc est, velut carne ungui hominis imposita, et utroque translucido.”’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σαρδόνυξ (sardonux) — sardonyx. σαρδόνυξ, ῠχος, ὁ, (σάρδιον) sardonyx, [NT+4th c.BC+]The stone was called ὄνυξ when the dark ground was simply spotted or streaked with white, but σαρδόνυξ if the different colours were disposed in layers.

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