Strong's Concordance amethustos: amethyst Original Word: ἀμέθυστος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: amethustos Phonetic Spelling: (am-eth'-oos-tos) Short Definition: amethyst Definition: amethyst (a kind of rock crystal: the best specimens are the color of unmixed wine, whence perhaps the name), believed to stave off drunkenness. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 271: ἀμέθυστοςἀμέθυστος, , ἡ, amethyst, a precious stone of a violet and purple color (Exodus 28:19; according to Phavorinus so called διά τό ἀπείργειν τῆς μέθης (so Plutarch, quaest. conviv. iii. 1, 3, 6)): Revelation 21:20. (Cf. B. D. under the word.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance amethyst. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of methuo; the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication) -- amethyst. see GREEK a see GREEK methuo Forms and Transliterations αμέθυστον αμεθυστος αμέθυστος ἀμέθυστος άμελγε ήμελξας amethustos amethystos améthystosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2711 Occurrence ἀμέθυστος — 1 Occ. Revelation 21:20 N-NFS GRK: ὁ δωδέκατος ἀμέθυστος NAS: jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. KJV: a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. INT: the twelfth amethyst |