noun · masculine

marmaros

Greekμάρμαρος (marmaros)

Strong’sG3139

marble

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

Translated as

marble1×

What it means

** μάρμαρος, -ου, ὁ

(< μαρμαίρω, to glisten), [in LXX: Ep. Je 72*;]

1. any crystalline stone (Hom., Eur., al.).

2. In later writers, marble: Re 18:12.†

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

Strong’s G3139 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmar'-mar-os

marble (as sparkling white)

Fromfrom μαρμαίρω (to glisten);

King Jamesmarble.

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 case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	marmaros	marmarois
object accusative	marmaron	marmaroin
direct address vocative	marmaror	marmaroir
of, belonging to genitive	marmarou1×μαρμάρου	marmaroiu
to, for dative	marmaro	marmaroi

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

marmarstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

marmaro 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

marmarou“marble”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Revelation 18:12“marble”gomon chrusou kai argurou kai lithou timiou kai margaritoiu kai bussineu kai porfurau kai sirikeu kai kokkineu, kai pantem xulem thuinem kai pantem skeuem elefantinem kai pantem skeuem ek xuleu timiotateu kai chalkou kai sidērou kai marmarou,cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;