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G4557 σαρδόνυξ (sardónyx)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

sardonyx

Strong's Definition

hence the "onyx" stone); a "sardonyx", i.e. the gem so called

Derivation: from the base of G4556 (σάρδιος) and (the nail of a finger;

KJV Usage: sardonyx

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σαρδιονυξ, equivalent to σαρδόνυξ (which see): Rev_21:20 Lachmann STRONGS NT 4557: σαρδόνυξσαρδόνυξ (Lachmann σαρδιονυξ), σαρδονυχος, ὁ, (σάρδιον and ὄνυξ), sardonyx, a precious stone marked by the red colors of the carnelian (sard) and the white of the onyx (B. D. under the word; Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine 12): Rev_21:20. (Josephus, Plutarch, Ptolemy, others; (Gen_2:12 Aq. (Montf.)).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σαρδόνυξ sardonyx 1x sardonyx, a gem exhibiting the color of the carnelian and the white of the calcedony, intermingled in alternate layers, Rev_21:20

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* σαρδόνυξ ( L , σαρδιόνυξ ), -υχος , ὁ ( < σάρδιον , ὄνυξ ), sardonyx , a stone marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx: Rev_21:20 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σαρδόνυξ [page 569] sardonyx, a variety of onyx ( Rev_21:20 ) : cf. Pliny H.N . xxxvii. 23 : Sardonyches olim ut ex ipso nomine apparet intellegebantur candore in sarda, hoc est, velut came ungui hominis imposita, et utroque translucido.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

σαρδόνυξ σαρδ-όνυξ, υχος, [Etym: σάρδιον] "the sardonyx", Anth.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σαρδόνυξ (L, σαρδιόνυξ), -υχος, ὁ (σάρδιον, ὄνυξ), sardonyx, a stone marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx: Rev.21:20.† (AS)

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