Lexical Summary smaragdos: an emerald Original Word: σμάραγδοςTransliteration: smaragdos Phonetic Spelling: (smar'-ag-dos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: an emerald Meaning: an emerald Strong's Concordance emerald. Of uncertain derivation; the emerald or green gem so called -- emerald. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4665: σμάραγδοςσμάραγδος, σμαράγδου, ὁ (but apparently feminine in the earlier writ, cf. Theophrast. lap. 4, 23; in Herodotus its gender cannot be determined; cf. Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word), Latinsmaragdus (A. V. emerald), a transparent precious stone noted especially for its light green color: Revelation 21:19. (From Herodotus down; the Sept.. On the derivation of the word see Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. On its relation to our 'emerald' (disputed by King, Antique Gems, p. 27ff), see Reihm, HWB, under the word 'Edelsteine', 17; Deane in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 350f.) |
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