Quick Definition
θειώδης, ες Adj of brimstone, sulfurous
Strong's Definition
from 2303 and 1491; sulphur-like, i.e. sulphurous
KJV Usage: brimstone
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ες | θεῖον
79.36 · Features of Objects · Color
yellow as sulphur sulfureous yellow, yellow as sulfur Note that in REV 9:17 the three colors parallel three plagues, fire, smoke, and sulfur, and it may therefore be useful to translate the latter part of REV 9:17 as ‘they had breastplates red as fire, blue as sapphire, and yellow as sulfur.’ See also 79.37.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θειώδης, -es, (fr. θεῖον brimstone [q. v.]), of brimstone, sulphurous: Rey. ix. 17; a later Grk. word; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 228; [Soph. Lex. s. v.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θειώδης theiōdēs 1x
of brimstone, sulphurous, Rev. 9:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† θειώδης, -ες
(< θεῖον),
of brimstone, sulphureous: Re 9:17.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θειώδης (theiōdēs) — sulphurous. θειώδης, ες, (θεῖον A) __A sulphureous, of waters, etc., [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.2 of colour, yellow, θώρακες [NT]