271. amethustos
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amethustos: amethyst
Original Word: ἀμέθυστος, ου, ἡ
Part 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 Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and methuó
Definition
amethyst
NASB Translation
amethyst (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 271: ἀμέθυστος

ἀμέθυστος, , , 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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