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Lexicon :: Strong's G3135 - margaritēs

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μαργαρίτης
Transliteration
margaritēs (Key)
Pronunciation
mar-gar-ee'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From margaros (a pearl-oyster)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:472,564

Strong’s Definitions

μαργαρίτης margarítēs, mar-gar-ee'-tace; from μάργαρος márgaros (a pearl-oyster); a pearl:—pearl.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3135 in the following manner: pearl (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3135 in the following manner: pearl (9x).

  1. a pearl

  2. a proverb, i.e. a word of great value

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαργαρίτης margarítēs, mar-gar-ee'-tace; from μάργαρος márgaros (a pearl-oyster); a pearl:—pearl.
STRONGS G3135:
μαργαρίτης, μαργαρίτου, ὁ, a pearl: Matthew 13:45; 1 Timothy 2:9; Revelation 17:4; 18:(Revelation 18:12),Revelation 18:16; Revelation 21:21 (here L T WH accent μαργαρῖται, R G Tr μαργαρῖται (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 101)); τούς μαργαρίτας βάλλειν ἔμπροσθεν χοίρων, a proverb, i. e. to thrust the most sacred and precious teachings of the gospel upon the most wicked and abandoned men (incompetent as they are, through their hostility to the gospel, to receive them), and thus to profane them, Matthew 7:6 (cf. Proverbs 3:15; Job 28:18f).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
28:18
Proverbs
3:15
Matthew
7:6; 13:45
1 Timothy
2:9
Revelation
17:4; 18; 18:12; 18:16; 21:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3135 matches the Greek μαργαρίτης (margaritēs),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 -

“Do not give that which is holy to [fn]dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:45 -

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:46 - and upon finding a single pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:9 - Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls, [and she was] holding in her hand a gold cup full of the abominations and the filth of her [sexual] immorality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet; all kinds of citron (scented) wood and every article of ivory and every article of very costly and lavish wood and bronze and iron and marble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - saying, ‘Woe, woe, for the great city that was robed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, gilded and adorned with gold, with precious stones, and with pearls;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:21 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each separate gate was of one single pearl. And the street (broad way) of the city was pure gold, like transparent crystal.
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