Adamant

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Adamant. The Trinitarian Bible Society defines adamant as – a sharp, hard stone, diamond: Ezek. 3.9; Zech. 7.12 in their Bible Word List [1].

Adamant appears twice in the King James Version of the bible.

• Ezekiel 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

• Zechariah 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Etymology

From Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“‘hard as steel’”) < Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adamas), “‘invincible’”) < ἀ- (a-), “‘not’”) + δαμάζω (damazo), “‘I tame’”).

Adjective

adamant (comparative more adamant, superlative most adamant)

Positive adamant (Comparative more adamant Superlative most adamant)

• 1.resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding

Noun

adamant (Plural adamants)

• 1.a rock or mineral held by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
• 2.an embodiment of impregnable hardness
• 3.lodestone; magnet

Modern Quotations

• 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 34

Unprotected matter, however adamant, would have been ground to dust ages ago.

Derived terms

adamance n adamantane a adamantean a adamantine a adamantly adv

See Also

• Archaic Words in the King James Version

External Links

• Online Etymology Dictionary