G2063: ἐρυθρός (erythrós)

G2063 ἐρυθρός (erythrós)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἐρυθρός, ά, όν Adj red

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. (with 2281) the Red Sea

KJV Usage: red

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐρυθρός (G2063)

adjc. | -ά, -όν

79.30 · Features of Objects · Color

red In a number of languages it may be necessary to use a term in HEB 11:29 which means ‘reddish,’ since an expression meaning ‘bright red’ might seem entirely inappropriate in speaking of a body of water.

ACT 7:36 · HEB 11:29

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐρυθρός, -ά, -dv, red; fr. Hom. down; in the N. T. only in the phrase ἡ ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα the Red Sea (fr. Hat. down [cf. Rawlinson’s Herod. vol. i. p. 143]), i. 6. the Indian Ocean washing the shores of Arabia and Persia, with its two gulfs, of which the one lying on the east is called the Persian Gulf, the other on the opposite side the Arabian. Inthe N. T. the phrase denotes the upper part of the Arabian Gulf (the Herodpolite Gulf, so called [i. 6. Gulf of Suez]), through which the Israelites made their passage out of Egypt to the shore of Arabia: Acts vii. 36; Heb. xi. 29. (Sept. for ἢ) Ὁ", the sea of sedge or sea-weed [cf. B. D. as below]. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Meer rothes; Pressel in Herzog ix. p. 239 sqq.; Furrer in Schenkel iv. 150 sqq.; [B. D.s. vv. Red Sea and Red Sea, Passage of; Trumbull, Kadesh-Barnea, p. 352sqq. J-)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐρυθρός erythros 2x

red, Acts 7:36; Heb. 11:29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐρυθρός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX for אֱדֹם, Is 63:2; ἐ. θάλασσα for סוּף -יָם Ex 10:19, al. ;]

red: ἡ ἐ. θάλασσα, the Red Sea, Ac 7:36, He 11:29.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐρυθρός. OGIS 69 is a dedicatory tablet erected θεοῖς μεγάλοις Σαμοθρᾷξι by a certain Apollonius—cwels ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων ἐκπλεύσας ἐκ τῆς ᾿Εἰρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης, where the editor considers that the Arabian Gulf is referred to: cf. 2d. 1868 (B.c. 62) στρατηγὸς τῆς ᾿Ινδικῆς kal ᾿Ε!ρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης, 19925 (vi/A.D.) πέραν δὲ τῆς ᾿Ε!ρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης οἰκovytas ᾿Αρραβίτας, and P Ry] II. 66 (late ii/B.c.) a petition addressed στρατη]γῷι ᾿Εἰρυθρᾶ[ς θαλάσσης, For the adj. épvOpias, ‘of ruddy complexion,’’ cf. the description of a certain Euphronius in P Petr ILI. 13(a)** (B.c. 235) (as amended p. ix.)—evdpeyé®]ns ἐρυθρία[ς é}mlypumos, and for the verb in its derived sense, as in Tob 213. cf. P Tebt I. 372° (B.C. 73) μεγάλως ἠρυθρίακε, “πε has become much ashamed” (Edd.):

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐρυθρός (eruthros) — Red (Sea). ἐρυθρός, ά, όν, [ῠ by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but the metre requires -ότερος in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— red, νέκταρ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κῆρυξ ἐ., a ship painted with vermilion, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πέλανος, of blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐρυθρά, τά, red pimples, eruption, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐ. διελθόντα red motions, [Refs]

2. ἐρυθρά, ἡ, =μελισσόφυλλον, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐρυθρός, ὁ (i.e. ῥοῠς), fruit of the ῥοῠς βυρσοδεψική, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. ἐρυθρόν, τό, w)|ou= yolk, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in [Refs 5th c.BC+] the Indian Ocean, in which the Red Sea (Ἀράβιος κόλπος) is sometimes included (of the existence of the Persian Gulf he was ignorant), [Refs]; πόντος Ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]—later the Red Sea only, [Refs]: also of the Persian Gulf, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used of remote and unknown places, μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐ. θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν [Refs 4th c.BC+] sea of Erythras, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (Latin rubrofr. *rudhro-, cf. Sanskrit rudhirá-; see at {ἐρεύθω}.)