noun · masculine
margaritos
Strong’sG3135
a pearl
stem margarit-9 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* μαργαρίτης, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3135 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmar-gar-ee'-tace
a pearl
Fromfrom μάργαρος (a pearl-oyster);
King Jamespearl.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
pearl, Refs 4th c.BC+: -ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; -ῖτις alone, Refs 1st c.BC+; -ίς alone, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II -ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | margaritos | margaritois1×μαργαρῖται |
| object accusative | margariton1×μαργαρίτην | margaritoin2×μαργαρίτας |
| direct address vocative | margaritor | margaritoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | margaritou1×μαργαρίτου | margaritoiu1×μαργαριτῶν |
| to, for dative | margarito1×μαργαρίτῃ | margaritoi2×μαργαρίταις |
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
margarito 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
margariton“pearl”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 13:46heuriskarantos de henon polutimon margariton apercharantos pipraskatē panteim hoseim echate kai …When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all …
margaritou“pearl”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 21:21… hekastos toiu pulōnoiu ate ek henou margaritou; kai tas plateias tau polau chrusiem …… each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city …
margarito“pearls”to, fordative singular1×
Revelation 18:16… chrusorēntar chrusie kai litho timio kai margarito,… with gold and precious stones and pearls!
margaritois“pearls”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 21:21kai tois dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos toiu pulōnoiu ate …And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a …
margaritoin“pearls”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 7:6… hagiem toi kunoi, mēde balaveia toin margaritoin vu emprosthen toiu choiroiu, mēpote katapatali …… is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they …
Matthew 13:45… toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo emporo zētarōnto kaloin margaritoin;… a merchant in search of fine pearls.
margaritoiu“pearls”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 18:12… kai argurou kai lithou timiou kai margaritoiu kai bussineu kai porfurau kai sirikeu …… of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and …
margaritoi“pearls”to, fordative plural2×
1 Timothy 2:9… mē en plegmei kai chrusie ē margaritoi ē himatismo polutelo,… with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
Revelation 17:4… chrusorēntas chrusie kai litho timio kai margaritoi, echarōntas potēriem chrusouem en ta cheira …… with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a …