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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σαρδόνυξ

σαρδόνυξ

G4557

Transliteration: sardónyx

Pronunciation: sar-don'-oox

Definition: sardonyx


- Original: σαρδόνυξ

- Transliteration: Sardonux

- Phonetic: sar-don'-oox

- Definition:

1. a sardonyx, a precious stone marked by the red colours of the carnelian (sard) and the white of the onyx

- Origin: "from the base of G4556" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4556 and onux (the nail of a finger, hence the "onyx" stone)"

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From the base of G4556" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4556 and ὄνυξ onux (the nail of a finger; hence the onyx stone); a sardonyx that is the gem so called: - sardonyx.


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