Greek noun (masculine) · G3135
μαργαρίτης
margaritesmar-gar-ee'-tace
pearl
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: margarítēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3135is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3135
a pearl
The King James renders it: pearl.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
margarites is rendered "pearl". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 7:6μαργαρίτας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nine uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- pearls3
- pearl2
- with pearls2
- of pearls1
- with pearl1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μαργαρίταις2
- μαργαρίτας2
- μαργαρῖται1
- μαργαρίτῃ1
- μαργαρίτην1
- μαργαρίτου.¶1
- μαργαριτῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Matthew
three uses
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- μαργαρίταςmargaritasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: pearls
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
- μαργαρίταςmargaritasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: pearls
When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
- μαργαρίτηνmargaritennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: pearl
1 Timothy
one use
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- μαργαρίταιςmargaritaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: with pearls
Revelation
five uses
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
- μαργαρίταιςmargaritaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: with pearls
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- μαργαριτῶνmargaritonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of pearls
saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- μαργαρίτῃmargaritenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: with pearl
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
- μαργαρῖταιmargaritainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: pearls
- μαργαρίτου.¶margaritounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: pearl
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.