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noun · masculine

sardonuxos

Greekσαρδόνυξ (sardonux)

Strong’sG4557

sardonyx

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

Translated as

sardonyx

What it means

* σαρδόνυξ (L, σαρδιόνυξ), -υχος, ὁ

(< σάρδιον, ὄνυξ),

sardonyx, a stone marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx: Re 21:20.†

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

Strong’s G4557 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsar-don'-oox

hence the "onyx" stone); a "sardonyx", i.e. the gem so called

Fromfrom the base of G4556 and ὄνυξ (the nail of a finger;

King Jamessardonyx.

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 nominativesardonuxosσαρδόνυξsardonuxois
object accusativesardonuxonsardonuxoin
direct address vocativesardonuxorsardonuxoir
of, belonging to genitivesardonuxousardonuxoiu
to, for dativesardonuxosardonuxoi

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
sardonuxstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

sardonuxo 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

sardonuxos“sardonyx”subjectnominative singular

Revelation 21:20“sardonyx”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.