Strong's Concordance eruthros: red Original Word: ἐρυθρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: eruthros Phonetic Spelling: (er-oo-thros') Short Definition: red Definition: red. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2063: ἐρυθρόςἐρυθρός, ἐρυθρᾷ, ἐρυθρον, red; from Homer down; in the N. T. only in the phrase ἡ ἐρυθρᾷ θάλασσα the Red Sea (from Herodotus down (cf. Rawlinson's Herod. vol. i., p. 143)), i. e. 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. In the N. T. the phrase denotes the upper part of the Arabian Gulf (the Heroopolite Gulf, so called (i. e. Gulf of Suez)), through which the Israelites made their passage out of Egypt to the shore of Arabia: Acts 7:36; Hebrews 11:29. (the Sept. for יַם־סוּף, the sea of sedge or sea-weed (cf. B. D. as below). Cf. Win: RWB under the word Meer rothes; Pressel in Herzog ix., p. 239ff; Furrer in Sehenkel iv. 150ff; (B. D., see under the words, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance red. Of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. (with thalassa) the Red Sea -- red. see GREEK thalassa Forms and Transliterations Ερυθρα ερυθρά Ἐρυθρᾷ Ερυθραν ερυθράν Ἐρυθρὰν ερυθράς ερυσίβη Eruthra Eruthran Erythra Erythrā̂i Erythran ErythrànLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 20632 Occurrences Ἐρυθρᾷ — 1 Occ. Ἐρυθρὰν — 1 Occ. Acts 7:36 Adj-DFS GRK: καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ Θαλάσσῃ καὶ NAS: of Egypt and in the Red Sea KJV: and in the Red sea, and INT: and in [the] Red Sea and Hebrews 11:29 Adj-AFS |