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σάρδιος

sárdios · G4556 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. carnelian

    Carnelian or cornelian, usually red in color

    Examples

    Revelation 4:3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

    Revelation 21:20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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In the other Testament 1 word
אֹדֶם ʼôdem · H124 · ruby, carnelian
Hebrew אֹדֶם (ʼôdem, H124) denotes the same gemstone (sardius/carnelian) as Greek σάρδιος (sárdios, G4556), representing direct translation equivalence for this mineral term across the testaments.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Carnelian2.36
The noun names a reddish precious gemstone. John describes the throne: “He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance” (Revelation 4:3).
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σάρδιοςsárdios · G4556σαρδόνυξ sardónyx · G4557 · onyx, sardonyx · 1×σάρδινος sárdinos · G4555 · carnelian · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σαρδίου, τό (neuter of σάρδιος, see below), sard, sardius, a precious stone, of which…
σαρδίου, τό (neuter of σάρδιος, see below), sard, sardius, a precious stone, of which there are two kinds, concerning which Theophrastus, de lapid. 16, 5, § 30, Schneid. edition says, τοῦ γάρ σαρδίου τό μέν διαφανες ἐρυθροτερον δέ καλεῖται θῆλυ, τό δέ διαφανες μέν μελαντερον δέ καίi ἄρσεν, the former of which is called carnelian (because flesh-colored; Hebrew אֹדֶם, the Sept. σάρδιον, Ex 28:17; Ex 36:17 (Ex 39:10); Ezek 28:13; ἁιματοεντα σαρδια, the Orphica, de lapid. 16, 5), the latter sard: Rev 4:3 (Rec. σαρδίνῳ); Rev 21:20 G L T Tr WH. Hence, the adjective σάρδιος, σαρδια, σάρδιον (from Σάρδεις, cf. Pliny, h. n. 37, 7) sardine namely, λίθος (the full phrase occurs Ex 35:8 (variant)): Rev 21:20 Rec. (B. D., see under the words, Sardine, Sardius.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Sources

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