noun · masculine
smaragdos
Greekσμάραγδος (smaragdos)
Strong’sG4665
an emerald
stem smaragd-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σμάραγδος, -ου, ἡ
(and in late writers also ὁ), [in LXX: Ex 28:9 (שֹׁהַם) 36:17 (39:10) (בָּרֶקֶת), Ez 28:13 (יַהֲלֹם), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4665 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsmar'-ag-dos
the emerald or green gem so called
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesemerald.
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 | smaragdos1×σμάραγδος | smaragdois |
| object accusative | smaragdon | smaragdoin |
| direct address vocative | smaragdor | smaragdoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | smaragdou | smaragdoiu |
| to, for dative | smaragdo | smaragdoi |
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
smaragdo 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
smaragdos“emerald”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 21:19“emerald”tois themeliois teu teicheu tau politau panto litho timio kosmirētois; tos themelios tos prōtos iaspias, tos deuteros sapfiras, tos tritos chalkēdōnos, tos tetartos smaragdos,The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,