Original Word: σμάραγδος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: smaragdos
Phonetic Spelling: (smar'-ag-dos)
Definition: an emerald
Usage: an emerald.Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
an emerald
NASB Translation
emerald (1).

STRONGS NT 4665: σμάραγδος

σμάραγδος, σμαράγδου, ὁ (but apparently feminine in the earlier writ, cf. Theophrast. lap. 4, 23; in Herodotus its gender cannot be determined; cf. Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word), Latinsmaragdus (A. V. emerald), a transparent precious stone noted especially for its light green color: Revelation 21:19. (From Herodotus down; the Sept.. On the derivation of the word see Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. On its relation to our 'emerald' (disputed by King, Antique Gems, p. 27ff), see Reihm, HWB, under the word 'Edelsteine', 17; Deane in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 350f.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

emerald.

Of uncertain derivation; the emerald or green gem so called -- emerald.

Forms and Transliterations

εσμίκρυνας εσμίκρυνε εσμικρύνθη σμάραγδον σμαραγδος σμάραγδος σμαράγδου σμήγμα σμήγμασι σμικρυνθήσεται σμίλακά σμίλαξ σμυρίτης smaragdos smáragdos

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