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red
Strong's Definition
Derivation: of uncertain affinity; red, i.e. (with G2281 (θάλασσα)) the Red Sea
KJV Usage: red
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐρυθρός, 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: Act_7:36; Heb_11:29. (the Sept. for ιΗνΞρεΜσ, 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, and Red Sea, Passage of; Trumbull, Kadesh-Barnea, p. 352ff).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐρυθρός erythros 2x
red, Act_7:36 ; Heb_11:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐρυθρός , -ά , -όν ,
[in LXX for H123 , Isa_63:2 ; ἐ . θάλασσα for H5486 - H3220 Exo_10:19 , al. ;]
red: ἡ ἐ . θάλασσα , the Red Sea, Act_7:36 , Heb_11:29 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐρυθρός [page 255]
OGIS 69 is a dedicatory tablet erected θεοῖς μ̣εγάλοις Σαμοθρᾷξι by a certain Apollonius σωθεὶς ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων ἐκπλεύσας ἐκ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης , where the editor considers that the Arabian Gulf is referred to : cf. ib. 186 .6 (B.C. 62) στρατηγὸς τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης , 199 .25 (vi/A.D.) πέραν δὲ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης οἰκοῦντας Ἀρραβίτας , and P Ryl II. 66 (late ii/B.C.) a petition addressed στρατη ]γω̣̑ι Ἐρυθρᾶ [ς θαλάσσης , For the adj. ἐρυθρίας , of ruddy complexion, cf. the description of a certain Euphronius in P Petr III. 13( a ) .26 (B.C. 235) (as amended p. ix.) εὐμεγέθ ]ης ἐρυθρία [ς ἐ ]πίγρυπος , and for the verb in its derived sense, as in Tob_2:14 , cf. P Tebt I. 37 .10 (B.C. 73) μεγάλως ἠρυθρίακε , he has become much ashamed (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐρυθρός ἐρυθρός, ή, όν [Etym: υ^ by nature, so that the correct forms of the comp. and Sup. are -ώτερος, -ώτατος] "red", Lat. ruber, of the colour of nectar and wine, Hom. ; of copper, Il. ; of gold, Theogn. ; of minium, Hdt. ; of blood, Aesch. Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in Hdt. "the Erythraean sea", including not only the "Red Sea or Arabian Gulf", but also the "Indian Ocean":—Later also of "the Persian Gulf", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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