Dictionary entry

ἀμάραντος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

**† ἀμάραντος, -ον

(< μαραίνομαι), [in LXX: Wi 6:12 (σοφία)*;]

unfading (whence ὁ ἀ., the amaranth, an unfading flower): I Pe 1:4 (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).†