Fiery red
πυρρόςStrong’s G4450purros
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Purros is the Greek word usually translated “bright red” and “red”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bright red” and “red”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bright red 1
- red 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
πυρρός purros · fiery red
πυρρός -ά, -όν (πῦρ) [in LXX for אֱדֹם ;] fiery red: Rev.6:4 12:3.† Πύρρος, -ου, ὁ, Pyrrhus: Act.20:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “red” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RED, adjective
[Gr red and a rose, from its color. Heb. to descend, to bring down. Latin gradior, also to correct, to teach, erudio.]
All definitions and other forms of “red”
RED, noun
A red color; as a brighter color, the best of all the reds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.