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noun · feminine

amethustas

Greekἀμέθυστος (amethustos)

Strong’sG271

amethyst

stem amethust-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

amethyst

What it means

ἀμέθυστος, -ου, ἡ

(acc. to Plut., < ἀ- μεθύω, being regarded as an antidote against drunkenness), [in LXX: Ex 28:19 36:19 39:12 Ez 28:13*;]

amethyst, a purple quartz: Re 21:20.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G271 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidam-eth'-oos-tos

the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication)

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3184;

King Jamesamethyst.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativeamethustasἀμέθυστοςamethustais
object accusativeamethustanamethustain
direct address vocativeamethustaramethustair
of, belonging to genitiveamethustauamethustaiu
to, for dativeamethustaamethustai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
amethuststem+agender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

amethusta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

amethustas“amethyst”subjectnominative singular

Revelation 21:20“amethyst”tos pemptos sardonuxos, tos hektos sardiem, tos hebdomos chrusolithos, tos ogdoos bērullos, tos enatos topaziem, tos dekatos chrusoprasos, tos hendekatos huakinthos, tos dōdekatos amethustas;the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.