King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1858
Transliteration: dar
Phonetic Spelling: (dar)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl
Meaning: a pearl, pearl-stone, mother-of-pearl, alabaster
Word Summary
dar: perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl
Original Word: דַּרTransliteration: dar
Phonetic Spelling: (dar)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: perhaps pearl or mother-of-pearl
Meaning: a pearl, pearl-stone, mother-of-pearl, alabaster
Strong's Concordance
pearlApparently from the same as drowr; properly, a pearl (from its sheen as rapidly turned); by analogy, pearl-stone, i.e. Mother-of-pearl or alabaster -- X white.
see HEBREW drowr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1858. dar
דַּר noun [masculine] pearl ? mother of pearl ? (Arabic pearls, a pearl) Esther 1:6.