G263
G263 — ἀμάραντος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
amarantos (am-ar'-an-tos) adj.
1. unfading
2. (by implication) perpetual
[from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G3133]
KJV: that fadeth not away
Root(s): G1, G3133
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
that fadeth not away
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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): 1Pe 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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀμάραντος (that fadeth not away)
1 Peter 1:4
- KJV: To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you
- GK: εις κληρονομίαν άφθαρτον και αμίαντον και αμάραντον τετηρημένην εν ουρανοίς εις υμάς