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Koine Greek wordlink #164538

SR GNT Rev 18:16 μαργαρίτῃ (margaritaʸ) ‘stone precious and pearl’ Strongs=31350 Lemma=margaritēs
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form μαργαρίτῃ (N-DMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μαργαρίτῃ’ (N-DMS) is always and only glossed as ‘pearl’.

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

Greek words (2) other than μαργαρίτῃ (N-DMS) with a gloss related to ‘pearl’

MAT 13:46 μαργαρίτην (margaritaʸn) N-AMS ‘and one precious pearl having gone_away he has sold all things’ SR GNT Mat 13:46 word 6

OET-LV: 46 and having _found one precious pearl, having _gone _away, he _has _sold all things as _many _as he _was _having, and bought it. (MAT_13:46)

OET-RV: 46 and when they found one outstanding pearl, they went and sold everything they had so they could buy that pearl. (MAT 13:46)

REV 21:21 μαργαρίτου (margaritou) N-GMS ‘was of one pearl and the road’ SR GNT Rev 21:21 word 17

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 AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular