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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #263 - ἀμάραντος

Transliteration

amárantos

Phonetics

am-ar'-an-tos

Origin

from (G1) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of (G3133)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

not fading away, unfading, perennial (See 262)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Peter 1

BSB (1)

1 Peter 1

CSB (1)

1 Peter 1

ESV (1)

1 Peter 1

KJV (1)

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

1 Peter 1

N95 (2)

1 Peter 2

NAS (2)

1 Peter 2

NLT (1)

1 Peter 1

WEB (1)

1 Peter 1

YLT (1)

1 Peter 1

ASV (1)

that fadeth not away 1

BSB (1)

unfading 1

CSB (1)

unfading 1

ESV (1)

unfading 1

KJV (1)

away 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

unfading 1

N95 (2)

away 1

fade 1

NAS (2)

away 1

fade 1

NLT (1)

decay 1

WEB (1)

YLT (1)

unfading 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-ASF 1

ANT

A-ASF 1

BEZ

A-ASF 1

BGB

A-ASF 1

BMT

A-ASF 1

BYZ

A-ASF 1

ELZ

A-ASF 1

NA26

A-ASF 1

SBL

A-ASF 1

SCV

A-ASF 1

STV

A-ASF 1

TIS

A-ASF 1

TRG

A-ASF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀμάραντος [ ᾰμᾰ], ον, (μαραίνω)

I unfading, λειμών Luc. Dom. 9: metaph., σοφία LXX Wi. 6.12; κληρονομία 1 Peter 1:4, cf. CIG 2942c (Tralles); πνεῦμα prob. in IPE 2.286 (Panticapaeum): neut. pl. as Adv., Philostr. Im. 1.9.

II Subst. ἀμάραντον, τό (but in Lat. amarantus), never-fading flower, IG 14.607e (Carales), Poll. 1.229; = ἑλίχρυσον, Dsc. 4.57; = κενταύρειον μικρόν, Ps.- Dsc. 3.7; = χρυσοκόμη. Id. 4.55.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀμάραντος, (from μαραίνω; cf. ἀμίαντος, ἄφαντος, etc.), not fading away, unfading, perennial; Vulg. immarcescibilis: (hence, the name of the flower (Dioscorides (?) 4, 57, others); see ἀμαράντινος): 1 Peter 1:4. Found elsewhere only in Wis. 6:13; (ζωή ἀμάραντος Sibylline 8, 411; Boeckh, Corp. Inscriptions ii., p. 1124, no. 2942 c, 4; Lucian, Dom. c. 9).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

**† ἀμάραντος , -ον

(< μαραίνομαι ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 6:12 (σοφία )*;]

unfading (whence ὁ ἀ ., the amaranth, an unfading flower): 1 Peter 1:4 (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With the use of this adjective in 1 Peter 1:4 κληρονομίαν . . . ἀμάραντον may be compared a passage in the Apocalypse of Peter 5, καὶ ὁ κύριος ἔδειξέ μοι . . . τὴν γῆν αὐτὴν ἀνθοῦσαν ἀμαράντοις ἂνθεσι . See also a poem engraved on a sepulchral monument erected by Euergetes II. (B.C. 145–16), in honour of his wife Aphrodisia, where the following words occur, μένοιτ᾽ ἐπὶ γῆς ἀμάραντοι , ὅσσον ἐγὼ ναίωι δώματα Φερσεφόνης (Archiv i. 220). Wisdom of Solomon 6:12 reinforces this rare Petrine word (cf. ἀμαράντινος Wisdom of Solomon 5:4) : for its outside record see Thayer, who quotes CIG II. 2942 (c).4, a iii/iv A.D. inscription on a gladiator’s tomb, ending ἔσχ [α ] τέ [λος ] βιότον χερσὶν φονίαις ἀμάραντο [ν ]. It is a proper name in P Ryl II. 16630 (A.D. 26) Γάιος Ἰούλιος Ἀμαρ [ά ]ντου .

List of Word Forms

αμαραντον αμάραντον ἀμάραντον amaranton amáranton