STRONGS NUMBER G263

Original Word: ἀμάραντος
Transliteration: amarantos
Phonetic Spelling: (am-ar'-an-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: unfading
Meaning: unfadingunfading, permanent

From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of maraino; unfading, i.e. (by implication) perpetual -- that fadeth not away.

see GREEK a

see GREEK maraino

STRONGS NT 263: ἀμάραντος

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): 1 Peter 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).