Amethystos means “amethyst” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H271 — achaz (“Ahaz”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G271 ἀμέθυστος (amethustos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. amethustos (am-eth'-oos-tos) n. 1. the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3184] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include amethyst. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
amethustos (am-eth'-oos-tos) n. 1. the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3184] KJV: amethyst Root(s): G1, G3184
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G271. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
amethyst
Usage: ἀμέθυστος, -ου, ἡ (accusative to Plut., ἀ- μεθύω, being regarded as an antidote against drunkenness) [in LXX: Exo.28:19 36:19 39:12 Eze.28:13 * ;] amethyst, a purple quartz: Rev.21:20.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render amethustos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G271 (ἀμέθυστος) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst:
and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;
Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G271.
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst:
and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;
Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G271, grouped by book.
Amethystos (Strong's G271) is a Greek word most simply glossed "amethyst". amethustos (am-eth'-oos-tos) n. 1. the "amethyst" (supposed to prevent intoxication) [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3184]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G271 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G271 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as amethyst. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G271, with linked reader references where each row is available.