What does σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) mean in the Bible?
σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) is a Greek word meaning "consisting of emerald".
Greek · G4664
σμαράγδινος
Consisting of emerald
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σμαράγδινοςG4664
Pronunciationsmarágdinos
What does σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) mean in the Bible?
σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) is a Greek word meaning "consisting of emerald".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4664?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include an emerald (1).
Where does σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 4:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itan emerald1×Revelation 4:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRevelation 4:3
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Revelation1
Source forms
σμαραγδίνῳ1xsmaragdinōRevelation 4:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 4:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. consisting of emerald
Strong'sG4664
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
consisting of emerald
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(σμάραγδος, which see),
1of emerald (Luc., V.H., ii, 11).
2As in π. (Deiss., BS, 267), emerald-green: Rev.4:3 (for the construction, see Swete, in l; Zorell, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 4:3Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
σμαραγδίνῳ.smaragdinw
made of emerald
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · MasculineRev 4:31×
Word Origins
σμαράγδινος is built from this root:
σμάραγδοςG4665