Lexicon amethustos: amethyst Original Word: ἀμέθυστος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: amethustos Phonetic Spelling: (am-eth'-oos-tos) Short Definition: amethyst Definition: amethyst (a kind of rock crystal: the best specimens are the color of unmixed wine, whence perhaps the name), believed to stave off drunkenness. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and methuóDefinitionamethyst NASB Translationamethyst (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 271: ἀμέθυστοςἀμέθυστος, , ἡ, amethyst, a precious stone of a violet and purple color ( Exodus 28:19; according to Phavorinus so called διά τό ἀπείργειν τῆς μέθης (so Plutarch, quaest. conviv. iii. 1, 3, 6)): Revelation 21:20. (Cf. B. D. under the word.)
Strong's amethyst. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of methuo; the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication) -- amethyst. see GREEK a see GREEK methuo |
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