Strong G2063ἐρυθρός
Red (Sea)
- Transliteration
- eruthros
- Pronunciation
- er-oo-thros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
red that is (with G2281) the red Sea: - red.
red that is (with G2281) the red Sea: - red.
Detailed definition
ἐρυθρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX for אֱדֹם, Isa.63:2; ἐ. θάλασσα for סוּף -יָם Exo.10:19, al.;]
red: ἡ ἐ. θάλασσα, the Red Sea, Act.7:36, Heb.11:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX for אֱדֹם, Isa.63:2; ἐ. θάλασσα for סוּף -יָם Exo.10:19, al.;]
red: ἡ ἐ. θάλασσα, the Red Sea, Act.7:36, Heb.11:29.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Red Sea
Sea crossed by Israelites in the Exodus
The Red Sea was the body of water miraculously crossed by the Israelites in their escape from Egypt (Exo. 13:18; 15:4).
In the Bible
Strong G2063 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- red1
First verses
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρυθρός, ά, όν, [ῠ
by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 787, +others: hence the later _comparative_ and _superlative_ are perhaps -ώτερος, -ώτατος, as in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83b, “Epin.” 987c)]; but the metre requires -ότερος in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 22, 4th c.BC: Dromo Comicus 1, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.76])]:— red, νέκταρ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.38, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.93; χαλκός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.365; χρυσὸν ἐ. ἰδεῖν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 450)]; κῆρυξ ἐ., a ship painted with vermilion, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57; -ότερον κόκκον 4th c.BC: Dromo Comicus [same place])]; ἐ. πέλανος, of blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 265 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐρυθρά, τά, red pimples, eruption, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 6)]; but ἐ. διελθόντα red motions, [Refs ([prev. author] “Coac.” 178.)]
2 ἐρυθρά, ἡ, =μελισσόφυλλον, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.104)]; ἐρυθρός, ὁ (i.e. ῥοῠς), fruit of the ῥοῠς βυρσοδεψική, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.108.)]
3 ἐρυθρόν, τό, w)|ou= yolk, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.124, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 5.13.)]
II Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] the Indian Ocean, in which the Red Sea (Ἀράβιος κόλπος) is sometimes included (of the existence of the Persian Gulf he was ignorant), [Refs (1.180, 2.11, 158, 4.42, +others)]; πόντος Ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.251)]—later the Red Sea only, [Refs (“OGI” 69,186,190, +others)]: also of the Persian Gulf, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.20, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.11; “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” probably mentions Zanzibar and China)]; used of remote and unknown places, μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐ. θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.304: really ἡ Ἐρύθρα θάλασσα)] sea of Erythras, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 5)]. (Latin rubrofr. *rudhro-, cf. Sanskrit rudhirá-; see at {ἐρεύθω}.)
by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 787, +others: hence the later _comparative_ and _superlative_ are perhaps -ώτερος, -ώτατος, as in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83b, “Epin.” 987c)]; but the metre requires -ότερος in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 22, 4th c.BC: Dromo Comicus 1, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.76])]:— red, νέκταρ ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.38, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.93; χαλκός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.365; χρυσὸν ἐ. ἰδεῖν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 450)]; κῆρυξ ἐ., a ship painted with vermilion, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57; -ότερον κόκκον 4th c.BC: Dromo Comicus [same place])]; ἐ. πέλανος, of blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 265 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐρυθρά, τά, red pimples, eruption, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 6)]; but ἐ. διελθόντα red motions, [Refs ([prev. author] “Coac.” 178.)]
2 ἐρυθρά, ἡ, =μελισσόφυλλον, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.104)]; ἐρυθρός, ὁ (i.e. ῥοῠς), fruit of the ῥοῠς βυρσοδεψική, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.108.)]
3 ἐρυθρόν, τό, w)|ou= yolk, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.124, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 5.13.)]
II Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] the Indian Ocean, in which the Red Sea (Ἀράβιος κόλπος) is sometimes included (of the existence of the Persian Gulf he was ignorant), [Refs (1.180, 2.11, 158, 4.42, +others)]; πόντος Ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.251)]—later the Red Sea only, [Refs (“OGI” 69,186,190, +others)]: also of the Persian Gulf, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.20, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.11; “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” probably mentions Zanzibar and China)]; used of remote and unknown places, μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐ. θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.304: really ἡ Ἐρύθρα θάλασσα)] sea of Erythras, accusative to [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 5)]. (Latin rubrofr. *rudhro-, cf. Sanskrit rudhirá-; see at {ἐρεύθω}.)