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Koine Greek wordlink #3637

SR GNT Mat 7:6 μαργαρίτας (margaritas) ‘nor you_all may throw the pearls of you_all before the’ Strongs=31350 Lemma=margaritēs
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μαργαρίτας (N-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μαργαρίτας’ (N-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘pearls’.

Mat 13:45 ‘merchant seeking beautiful pearls’ SR GNT Mat 13:45 word 12

OET-LV: 45 Furthermore the kingdom of _the heavens is similar to_a_ merchant _man seeking beautiful pearls, (MAT_13:45)

OET-RV: 45 “Also the heavenly kingdom is like a trader wanting to buy beautiful pearls, (MAT 13:45)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘margaritēs’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of pearls’, ‘pearl’, ‘pearls’.

Greek words (4) other than μαργαρίτας (N-AMP) with a gloss related to ‘pearls’

1 TIM 2:9 μαργαρίταις (margaritais) N-DMP ‘and gold or pearls or clothing expensive’ SR GNT 1 Tim 2:9 word 23

OET-LV: 9 Likewise women in respectable apparel to _be _adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with braids, and gold, or pearls, or expensive clothing, (TI1_2:9)

OET-RV: 9 Similarly women should wear respectable clothes that are sensible and modest, not with hair extensions or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, (TI1 2:9)

REV 17:4 μαργαρίταις (margaritais) N-DMP ‘stone precious and pearls holding a cup golden’ SR GNT Rev 17:4 word 20

OET-LV: 4 And the woman was having _been _clothed in _purple and scarlet, and having _been _gilded gold, and stone precious, and pearls, holding a_cup golden in the hand of _her, being _full of _abominations and the unclean of _the sexual _immorality of _her, (REV_17:4)

OET-RV: 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls. In her hand she was holding a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality, (REV 17:4)

REV 18:12 μαργαριτῶν (margaritōn) N-GMP ‘of stone precious and of pearls and of linen and’ SR GNT Rev 18:12 word 14

OET-LV: 12 cargo of _gold, and of _silver, and of _stone precious, and of _pearls, and of _linen, and of _purple, and of _silk, and of _scarlet, and all wood citron, and every object ivory, and every object of wood most _precious, and of _bronze, and of _iron, and of _marble, (REV_18:12)

OET-RV: 12 gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth, expensive wood and carved ivory containers and every kind of container made from the costliest wood and bronze and iron and marble, (REV 18:12)

REV 21:21 μαργαρῖται (margaritai) N-NMP ‘twelve gates were twelve pearls each one each’ SR GNT Rev 21:21 word 6

OET-LV: 21 And the twelve twelve gates were pearls, each one each of _the gates was of one pearl. And the road of _the city was gold pure as glass transparent. (REV_21:21)

OET-RV: 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls—each one of the gates individually was from one pearl—and the city street was pure gold—transparent like glass. (REV 21:21)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural