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ἀμάραντος

amarantos

unfading, never-fading flower

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Where it lives

1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant

ἀμάραντος · amarantos — LSJ

unfading

unfading, λειμών Luc. Dom. 9: metaph., σοφία LXX Wi. 6.12; κληρονομία 1 Ep.Pet. 1.4, cf. CIG 2942c (Tralles); πνεῦμα prob. in IPE 2.286 (Panticapaeum): neut. pl. as Adv., Philostr. Im. 1.9.

II never-fading flower

Subst. ἀμάραντον, τό (but in Lat. amarantus), never-fading flower, IG 14.607e (Carales), Poll. 1.229; = ἑλίχρυσον, Dsc. 4.57; = κενταύρειον μικρόν, Ps.-Dsc. 3.7; = χρυσοκόμη. Id. 4.55.

In the wild

ἀμάραντον · amaranton New Testament, 1 Peter 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3)
ἀμάραντός · amarantos Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 6

Where it came from

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