Word Summary
amethystos: amethyst
Original Word: ἀμέθυστοςTransliteration: amethystos
Phonetic Spelling: (am-eth'-oos-tos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: amethyst
Meaning: amethyst
Strong's 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
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.)