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Koine Greek wordlink #137293

SR GNT 1 Tim 2:9 μαργαρίταις (margaritais) ‘and gold or pearls or clothing expensive’ Strongs=31350 Lemma=margaritēs
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=65 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μαργαρίταις (N-DMP) in the Greek originals

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

Rev 17:4 ‘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)

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

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

MAT 7:6 μαργαρίτας (margaritas) N-AMP ‘nor you_all may throw the pearls of you_all before the’ SR GNT Mat 7:6 word 10

OET-LV: 6 You _all _may_ not _give the holy thing to _the dogs, nor may _you _all _throw the pearls of _you _all before the pigs, lest they _will _be _trampling them with the feet of _them, and having _been _turned they _may _attack you _all. (MAT_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 “Don’t give special things to dogs, and don’t throw pearls to pigs, because they’ll all just trample them underfoot, and then they’re just as likely to turn and attack you. (MAT 7:6)

MAT 13:45 μαργαρίτας (margaritas) N-AMP ‘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)

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