BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G6134
adamas — adamant
1. properly the untamed, unconquerable : 2. as Substantive adamant , i. e. the hardest metal, probably steel : metaphorically of any thing unalterable , ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας having fixed it firm as adamant , (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus) 3. the diamond , (Theophrastus Philosophus) 4. as adjective, metaphorically, the inflexible , of Hades, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8068
sha.mir — thorn
1) thorn(s), adamant, flint 1a) thorns, thorn-bushes 1b) adamant (as sharp) 1c) a sharp stone, flint 1c1) perhaps a diamond
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6133
adamantinos — adamantine
adamantine , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.: —;metaphorically hard as adamant , σιδηροῖς καὶ ἀδαμαντίνοις λόγοις (Plato Philosophus); οὐκ ἀδ. ἐντί, of a girl, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;adverb -νως, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the truth (Zech. 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the truth (Jer. 17:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
