Mother-of-pearl
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
Strong's Hebrew
1858. dar -- perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl
... 1857, 1858. dar. 1859 . perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl. Transliteration:
dar Phonetic Spelling: (dar) Short Definition: mother-of-pearl. ...
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Extraordinary Coincidence
... the rock in these natural vaults glitters as bright and ruddy as gold; part is a
fine sky-blue; part green; part enameled, exactly like mother-of-pearl; and a ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/extraordinary coincidence.htm

The Pearl.
... Pliny saith, Shell fish is the wonderful geniture of a pearl congealed into a
diaphanous stone, and the shell is called the mother of pearl. ...
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The Next Night Diamond was Seated by his Open Window...
... he began to see that the sky was very lovely, with mottled clouds all about the
moon, on which she threw faint colours like those of mother-of-pearl, or an opal ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 37 the next night.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... Lamps were burning above the altar. On the altar had been placed a vessel in the
shape of a cross made of a substance lustrous with mother-of-pearl. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

The Transformation of Rome from a Pagan into a Christian City.
... They believed that the glutinous substance by which the layer of marble or
mother-of-pearl was kept fast was an excellent remedy against the ague; hence every ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter i the transformation of.htm

Alexandria and Rome - the Jewish Communities in the Capitals of ...
... [265] It included gold-dust, ivory, and mother-of-pearl from the interior of Africa,
spices from Arabia, pearls from the Gulf of Persia, precious stones and ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v alexandria and rome.htm

The Immaculate Conception
... I asked what the colored edges of these dew eddies portended, and was given as an
explanation the example of the mother-of-pearl shells in the sea which also ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/ii the immaculate conception.htm

Literary Expressions
... All the place is peopled with sweet airs. All the sky was mother-of-pearl and tender.
All the unknown of the night and of the universe was pressing upon him. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section vii literary expressions.htm

The Nile and Egypt
... and bracelets. The bracelets were made of elephant ivory, mother-of-pearl,
or even flint, very cleverly perforated. The necklaces ...
/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm

The First Theban Empire
... Tau: these the Egyptian merchant-vessels used as victualling stations, and took
away as cargo the products of the country"mother-of-pearl, amethysts, emeralds ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Thesaurus
Mother-of-pearl (1 Occurrence)
Mother-of-pearl. Mother-in-law, Mother-of-pearl. Mothers . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... See Pearl. Multi-Version Concordance Mother-of-pearl (1 Occurrence). ...
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Pearl (5 Occurrences)
... Its shell is the "motherofpearl," which is of great value for ornamental purposes
(1 Timothy 2:9; Revelation 17:4). Each shell contains eight or ten pearls ...
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Mother-in-law (16 Occurrences)
Mother-in-law. Motherinlaw, Mother-in-law. Mother-of-pearl . ... (WEB JPS ASV BBE
DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Motherinlaw, Mother-in-law. Mother-of-pearl . ...
/m/mother-in-law.htm - 11k

Mothers (27 Occurrences)

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Ruby (5 Occurrences)
... The exact meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others,
"pearl" or "mother-of-pearl.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
/r/ruby.htm - 9k

Smaragdus (1 Occurrence)
... purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver,
on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black ...
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Colors (12 Occurrences)
... dazzling," is applied to asses (Judges 5:10); to human appearance (Songs 5:10);
to wool (Ezekiel 27:18); (c) dar, probably motherofpearl or alabaster (Esther ...
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Color (18 Occurrences)
... dazzling," is applied to asses (Judges 5:10); to human appearance (Songs 5:10);
to wool (Ezekiel 27:18); (c) dar, probably motherofpearl or alabaster (Esther ...
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Mother-of-pearl (1 Occurrence)

Esther 1:6
white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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Mother-of-pearl

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Pearl (5 Occurrences)

Mother-in-law (16 Occurrences)

Mothers (27 Occurrences)

Ruby (5 Occurrences)

Smaragdus (1 Occurrence)

Colors (12 Occurrences)

Color (18 Occurrences)

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