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Lexicon :: Strong's G2063 - erythros

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ἐρυθρός
Transliteration
erythros (Key)
Pronunciation
er-oo-thros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐρυθρός erythrós, er-oo-thros'; of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. (with G2281) the Red Sea:—red.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2063 in the following manner: Red (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2063 in the following manner: Red (2x).

  1. the Red Sea

    1. the Indian Ocean washing the shores of Arabia and Persia, with its two gulfs, of which the one on the east is called the Persian Gulf, the other on the opposite side the Arabian. In the NT the phrase denotes the upper part of the Arabian Gulf (the Heropolitie Gulf, so called [i.e. the Gulf of Suez]), through which the Israelites made their passage out of Egypt to the shore of Arabia.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐρυθρός erythrós, er-oo-thros'; of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. (with G2281) the Red Sea:—red.
STRONGS G2063:
ἐρυθρός, -ά, -όν, red; from Homer down; in the N. T. only in the phrase ἡ ἐρυθρὰ 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. (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 Schenkel iv. 150ff; [B. D., see under the words, Red Sea and Red Sea, Passage of; Trumbull, Kadesh-Barnea, p. 352ff].)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:36
Hebrews
11:29

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Strong's Number G2063 matches the Greek ἐρυθρός (erythros),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 - By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
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