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Mother-of-pearl

דַּרStrong’s H1858

dar

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Dar is the Hebrew word usually translated “mother-of-pearl”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.”
Esther 1:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Pearl, mother of pearl
How it's translated
  • and mother-of-pearl 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Esther 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    דַּר dar · mother-of-pearl

    pearl, mother of pearl

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.