Material
ἐνδόμησιςStrong’s G1739endomēsis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Endomēsis is the Greek word usually translated “structure”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.”
Meaning
Usually translated “structure”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- structure 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἐνδόμησις endomēsis · material
ἐν-δώμησις (Rec. -δόμησις), -εως, ἡ (δωμάω, to build), a building in: ἡ ἐ. τ. τείχους αὐτῆς ἴασπις, its wall had jasper built into it, Rev.21:18 (see MM, Exp., xiii; Swete, Ap., l.with).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “material” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MATE'RIAL, adjective
[Latin materia, matter.]
- Consisting of matter; not spiritual; as material substance; material bodies.
- Important; momentous; more or less necessary; having influence or effect.
- Not formal; substantial.
- Furnishing materials; as material men.
All definitions and other forms of “material”
MATE'RIAL, noun
The substance or matter of which any thing is made; as, wool is the material of cloth; rags are the material of paper.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.