Pearl
μαργαρίτηςStrong’s G3135margaritēs
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Margaritēs is the Greek word usually translated “pearls” and “pearl”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”
Meaning
Usually translated “pearls” and “pearl”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pearls 3
- pearl 2
- with pearls 2
- of pearls 1
- with pearl 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 4
- Matthew 3
- 1 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Matthew 13:46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 18:16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Greek dictionary
μαργαρίτης margaritēs · pearl
μαργαρίτης, -ου, ὁ a pearl: Mat.13:45-46, 1Ti.2:9, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:21 (-ῖται, WH); proverbially, Mat.7:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pearl” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PEARL, noun
perl.
- A white, hard, smooth, shining body, usually roundish, found in a testaceous fish of the oyster kind.
- Poetically, something round and clear, as a drop of water or dew.
- A white speck of film growing on the eye.
All definitions and other forms of “pearl”
PEARL, verb intransitive
perl. To set or adorn with pearls.
PEARL, verb intransitive
perl. To resemble pearls.
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.