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; (ζωήἀμάραντος Sibylline 8, 411; Boeckh, Corp. Inscriptions ii., p. 1124, no. 2942 c, 4; Lucian, Dom. c. 9).
1 Peter 1:4 - Adj-AFS GRK:ἀμίαντον καὶ ἀμάραντον τετηρημένην ἐν NAS: and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved KJV: and that fadeth not away, reserved INT: undefiled and unfading reserved in