Senses
1. pearl — A precious gem formed within a mollusk shell, used in the NT both literally (as valuable merchandise, Rev 17:4, 18:12,16) and figuratively (the pearl of great price, Matt 13:45-46; pearls before swine, Matt 7:6; gates of pearl, Rev 21:21). The two clusters split on grammatical number: S71927 collects plural forms (pearls, with-pearls) and S71928 collects singular and mixed forms (pearl). All translations confirm a single lexeme: eng 'pearl/pearls,' spa 'perla/perlas,' hin moti/motiyom (मोती/मोतियों), arb lu'lu' (لُؤْلُؤ), kor jinju (진주/진주들), swa 'lulu' invariant across number. 9×
AR["لؤلؤٍ","لُؤلُؤَ","لُؤلُؤَةً","لُؤلُؤَكُم","لُؤْلُؤٍ","لُؤْلُؤَةً","واحِدَةٍ"]·ben["মুক্তা","মুক্তাগুলি","মুক্তায়","মুক্তায়!","মুক্তায়,","মুক্তার"]·DE["Perlen","μαργαρίτας","μαργαρίτην"]·EN["of-pearls","pearl","pearls","with-pearls"]·FR["perle"]·heb["אַחַת","מַרְגָּלִיּוֹתֵיכֶם","פְּנִינִים","פְּנִינָה"]·HI["मोति","मोतियों","मोतियों-का","मोतियों-को","मोतियोन","मोती","मोतेए"]·ID["mutiara"]·IT["margaritas","margariten","perla"]·jav["mutiara","mutiara,","mutiara;","mutyara","mutyara,"]·KO["진주","진주들","진주들에,","진주들을","진주들이다","진주로","진주를","진주의"]·PT["de-pérolas","pérola","pérola!","pérolas"]·RU["жемчуг","жемчуга","жемчуге","жемчугом","жемчужин","жемчужину","жемчужины"]·ES["de-perlas","perla","perla;","perlas","perlas;"]·SW["lulu","lulu!","lulu,","lulu;"]·TR["inci","inciden","inciler","incilerin","incilerinizi","incilerle","inciyle"]·urd["موتی","موتی-سے","موتیوں","موتیوں-سے","موتیوں-کا","موتیوں-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μαργᾰρ-ίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ, pearl, Refs 4th c.BC+: -ῖτις λίθος, ἡ, Androsth. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; -ῖτις alone, Refs 1st c.BC+; -ίς alone, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II -ίτης χερσαῖος, an unidentified precious stone, Refs 2nd c.AD+