King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4665
Transliteration: smaragdos
Phonetic Spelling: (smar'-ag-dos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an emerald
Meaning: an emerald
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.)
Word Summary
smaragdos: an emerald
Original Word: σμάραγδοςTransliteration: smaragdos
Phonetic Spelling: (smar'-ag-dos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an emerald
Meaning: an emerald
Strong's Concordance
emerald. Of uncertain derivation; the emerald or green gem so called -- emerald.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4665: σμάραγδοςσμάραγδος, 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.)