σμάραγδος [ μᾰ], ἡ
( ὁ, Str. 16.4.20, Orph. L. 614 ),
name of several green stones, including the emerald, Hdt. 2.44, 3.41, Pl. Phd. 110d, Thphr. Lap. 23, al., LXX [Exo 28:9], al., Str.l.c., 17.1.45, Plin. HN 37.62, al., Hld. 2.30, Olymp.Hist. p.466 D., PMag.Lond. 46.239; also μάραγδος, Men. 373, Com. in PSI 2.143.3, Orph. l.c., Nonn. D. 5.178, 18.80; σφραγὶς μαράγδου IG 11(2).161 B 44 (Delos, iii B.C. ), 199 B 59 (ibid.), but σφραγὶς σμαράγδου 203 B 87 (ibid., iii B.C. ); ζμάραγδος implied in Luc. Jud.Voc. 9 .
II Σμάραγδος, ἡ, name of the emerald mines in Egypt, ἀρχιμεταλλάρχου τῆς Ζμαράγδου Proc.Soc.Bibl. Arch. 31 ( 1909 ). 323 (i A.D.); μεταλλάρχη (gen. sg.) Ζμαράκτου OGI 660.2 (Egypt, i A.D. ); also Σμάραγδος ὄρος Ptol. Geog. 4.5.8 .
σμάραγδος smaragdos 1x
smaragdus, the emerald, a gem of a pure green color; but under this name the ancients probably comprised all stones of a fine green color, [Rev 21:19]
G4665 — σμάραγδος
σμαράγδου, ὁ (but apparently feminine in the earlier writ, cf. Theophrast. lap. 4, 23; in Herodotus its gender cannot be determined; cf. Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word), Latinsmaragdus (A. V. emerald), a transparent precious stone noted especially for its light green color: [Rev 21:19]. (From Herodotus down; the Sept.. On the derivation of the word see Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word. On its relation to our 'emerald' (disputed by King, Antique Gems, p. 27ff), see Reihm, HWB, under the word 'Edelsteine', 17; Deane in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 350f.)
σμάραγδος , - ου , ἡ
(and in late writers also ὁ ),
[in LXX : [Exo 28:9] (H7718) [Exo 36:17] ([Exo 39:10]) (H1304), [Eze 28:13] (H3095), etc.;]
emerald or other trans parent green stone ( LS , s.v. ; DB, iv, 620; Swete , Ap., 67, 288): [Rev 21:19]. †