Strong G4450πυρρός
fiery red
- Transliteration
- purrhos
- Pronunciation
- poor-hros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4442; fire like that is (specifically) flame colored: - red.
Detailed definition
πυρρός -ά, -όν
(πῦρ) [in LXX for אֱדֹם;]
fiery red: Rev.6:4 12:3.†
Πύρρος, -ου, ὁ,
Pyrrhus: Act.20:4.†
(AS)
(πῦρ) [in LXX for אֱדֹם;]
fiery red: Rev.6:4 12:3.†
Πύρρος, -ου, ὁ,
Pyrrhus: Act.20:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4450 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- red2
First verses
- Revelation 6:4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
- Revelation 12:3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πυρρός, ά
(Ionic dialect ή), όν, but Trag. and Doric dialect πυρσός, ή (Doric dialect ά), όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32, “HF” 361 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.70, conjecture in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 316)]; rare in Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22)]: (πῦρ):— flame-coloured, yellowish-red (πυρρὸν ξανθοῦ τε καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1054b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.600), ᾠοῦ τὸ π)]. the yolk of an egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.171, “PLit.Lond.” 170 (1st c.AD))]; ἡ λευκότης γίγνεται πυρρή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20;)] of sediment in urine, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 6.1.5.)]
2 especially of persons with red hair, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 16.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108; π. τὸ Σκυθικὸν γένος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20; οἱ ἁλιεῖς π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 966b26; π. τρίχες [prev. author] “GA” 785a19)]; of the colour of the first beard, γενειάς A.[same place]; γένυες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32)]; [θρίξ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.130, compare 6.3.)]
3 generally, tawny, λέων [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 785b17, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.263 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); βοῦς “PLond.” 3.890.5, 10 (1st c.BC, written πυραί), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363b; ἵππος NT.Rev.6.4; [πώλου] ἡ χρόα στίλβουσα τῆς χαίτης πυρσότατον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22; αἶγες “PHib.” 1.120.6 (3rd c.BC))]; τὰ χρώματα τῶν κυνῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.7.)]
4 of more positive colour, red, χλανίς [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139; ῥόδον 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.70; ἕψημα LXX.Gen.25.30)]; τὸ π. redness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 329:)] —_Epic dialect_ _comparative_ (for πυρρότερα), πῠρώτερα φοινίσσεσθαι to be of a brighter red, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 798.)]
5 blushing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 900)]; also κύων.. πύρσ᾽ ἔχουσα δέργματα glaring with bloodshot eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1265.)]
II paroxytone Πύρρος, ὁ, “Pyrrhus”, as proper name; also Πύρϝος, name of a horse, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“GDI” 3119h50 (from Corinth);compare Πυρϝίας “IG” 4.492.5 (Mycenae, 6th c.BC), Πυρϝαλίων [prev. work]517.4 (from Argos). (Prob. from *πυρσϝός.))]
(Ionic dialect ή), όν, but Trag. and Doric dialect πυρσός, ή (Doric dialect ά), όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32, “HF” 361 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.70, conjecture in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 316)]; rare in Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22)]: (πῦρ):— flame-coloured, yellowish-red (πυρρὸν ξανθοῦ τε καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1054b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.600), ᾠοῦ τὸ π)]. the yolk of an egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.171, “PLit.Lond.” 170 (1st c.AD))]; ἡ λευκότης γίγνεται πυρρή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20;)] of sediment in urine, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 6.1.5.)]
2 especially of persons with red hair, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 16.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108; π. τὸ Σκυθικὸν γένος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20; οἱ ἁλιεῖς π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 966b26; π. τρίχες [prev. author] “GA” 785a19)]; of the colour of the first beard, γενειάς A.[same place]; γένυες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32)]; [θρίξ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.130, compare 6.3.)]
3 generally, tawny, λέων [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 785b17, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.263 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); βοῦς “PLond.” 3.890.5, 10 (1st c.BC, written πυραί), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363b; ἵππος NT.Rev.6.4; [πώλου] ἡ χρόα στίλβουσα τῆς χαίτης πυρσότατον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22; αἶγες “PHib.” 1.120.6 (3rd c.BC))]; τὰ χρώματα τῶν κυνῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.7.)]
4 of more positive colour, red, χλανίς [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139; ῥόδον 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.70; ἕψημα LXX.Gen.25.30)]; τὸ π. redness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 329:)] —_Epic dialect_ _comparative_ (for πυρρότερα), πῠρώτερα φοινίσσεσθαι to be of a brighter red, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 798.)]
5 blushing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 900)]; also κύων.. πύρσ᾽ ἔχουσα δέργματα glaring with bloodshot eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1265.)]
II paroxytone Πύρρος, ὁ, “Pyrrhus”, as proper name; also Πύρϝος, name of a horse, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“GDI” 3119h50 (from Corinth);compare Πυρϝίας “IG” 4.492.5 (Mycenae, 6th c.BC), Πυρϝαλίων [prev. work]517.4 (from Argos). (Prob. from *πυρσϝός.))]