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Pearl

A hard, white, shining body, usually roundish, found in a shell fish resembling an oyster. The oriental pearls have a fine polished gloss, and are tinged with an elegant blush of red. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Place
Strong’s
H1858, G3135
Hebrew
דַּר
Greek
μαργαρίτης · margaritēs

Strong’s and original-language information

H1858

דַּר

Glosses: pearl, mother of pearl, pearls, a pearl

Indexed occurrences: 1

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

G3135

μαργαρίτης · margaritēs

Glosses: pearl

μαργαρίτης, -ου, ὁ a pearl: Mat. 13:45-46, 1Ti. 2:9, Rev.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Pearl

(Heb. gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matt. 7:6; 13:46; Rev. 21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Its shell is the "mother of pearl," which is of great value for ornamental purposes (1 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 17:4). Each shell contains eight or ten pearls of various sizes.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

PEARL

a hard, white, shining body, usually roundish, found in a shell fish resembling an oyster. The oriental pearls have a fine polished gloss, and are tinged with an elegant blush of red. They are esteemed in the east beyond all other jewels.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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