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Strong's #4450 - πυῤῥός
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- having the colour of fire, red
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πυρρός, ά ( Ion. ή ), όν, but Trag. and Dor. πυρσός, ή ( Dor. ά ), όν, E. Ph. 32, HF 361 (lyr.), Mosch. 2.70, cj. in A. Pers. 316; rare in Prose, Plu. Pel. 22: ( πῦρ ): —
flame-coloured, yellowish-red ( πυρρὸν ξανθοῦ τε καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται Pl. Ti. 68c, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1054b13, Gal. 9.600), ᾠοῦ τὸ π . the yolk of an egg, Hp. Mul. 2.171, PLit.Lond. 170 (i A.D.); ἡ λευκότης γίγνεται πυρρή Hp. Aër. 20; of sediment in urine, Id. Epid. 6.1.5 .
2. esp. of persons with red hair, Xenoph. 16.2, Hdt. 4.108; π. τὸ Σκυθικὸν γένος Hp. Aër. 20; οἱ ἁλιεῖς π . Arist. Pr. 966b26; π. τρίχες Id. GA 785a19; of the colour of the first beard, γενειάς A.l.c.; γένυες E. Ph. 32; [ θρίξ ] Theoc. 15.130, cf. 6.3 .
3. generally, tawny, λέων E. HF l.c., Arist. GA 785b17, AP 6.263 ( Leon. ); βοῦς PLond. 3.890.5, 10 ( i B.C., written πυραί ), Plu. 2.363b; ἵππος Revelation 6:4; [ πώλου] ἡ χρόα στίλβουσα τῆς χαίτης πυρσότατον Plu. Pel. 22; αἶγες PHib. 1.120.6 (iii B.C.); τὰ χρώματα τῶν κυνῶν X. Cyn. 4.7 .
4. of more positive colour, red, χλανίς Hdt. 3.139; ῥόδον Mosch. 2.70; ἕψημα LXX Genesis 25:30; τὸ π. redness, Ar. Ec. 329: — Ep. Comp. (for πυρρότερα ), πῠρώτερα φοινίσσεσθαι to be of a brighter red, Arat. 798 .
5. blushing, Ar. Eq. 900; also κύων . . πύρσ' ἔχουσα δέργματα glaring with bloodshot eyes, E. Hec. 1265 .
II parox. Πύρρος, ὁ, Pyrrhus, as pr. n.; also Πύρϝος, name of a horse, GDI 3119h50 ( Corinth ); cf. Πυρϝίας IG 4.492.5 (Mycenae, vi B.C. ), Πυρϝαλίων ib.517.4 ( Argos ). (Prob. from Πυρσϝός .)
πυρρός, πυρρά, πυρρόν (from πῦρ), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, having the color of fire, red: Revelation 6:4; Revelation 12:3. The Sept. several times for אָדֹם.
STRONGS NT 4450: Πύρρος Πύρρος ('fiery-red'; Fick, Griech. Personennamen, p. 75), Πύρρου, ὁ, Pyrrhus, the proper name of a man: Acts 20:4 G L T Tr WH.
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πυρρός -ά , -όν (< πῦρ ),
[in LXX for H123;]
fiery red: Revelation 6:4; Revelation 12:3.†
Πύρρος , -ου , ὁ ,
Pyrrhus: Acts 20:4.†
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For the classical meaning ";decayed,"; cf. the Attic inscr. Syll 587.24 (B.C. 328) μισθωτεῖ τοῦ διατειχίσματος ἀνελόντι τὰ σαπρά with reference to ";decayed"; brickwork. In Hellenistic Greek the connexion with σήπω was lost, and it became ";rotten,"; ";corrupt,"; as in P Flor II. 176.9 (A.D. 256) συκαρίων σαπρῶν, ";rotten figs"; (cf. Matthew 7:17). Similarly in P Lond 356.11 (i/A.D.) (= II. p. 252, Selections, p. 59) the adj. is applied to ";stale"; drugs as contrasted with drugs of ";good"; quality, τὸ καλόν. In P Fay 119.4 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτου. . δύσμην σαπράν is ";a stale bundle of hay,"; and in P Giss I. 21.6 (time of Trajan) ἐζήτησα τὸ λακ ̣ώνιον καὶ οὐχ εὗρον ἀλλὰ ἀτταλιανὸν σαπρόν, the reference is apparently to an article of clothing : cf. the adverb in BGU III. 846.9 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 94) σαπρῶς παι ̣ρ ̣ι ̣πατῶ. Later exx. are PSI VI. 718.12 (a receipt—iv/v A.D.) σαπρὸν ο [ἶ ]νον ποιῆσε (= -σαι) καλόν, and P Oxy XVI. 1849.2 (vi/vii A.D.) τὸ λάχανον ὁδε (l. ὧδε) σαπρόν ἐστι. Add Teles p. 27.3 (of a house) σαπρὰ καὶ ῥέουσα καὶ καταπίπτουσα.
For the metaph. usage, as in Ephesians 4:29, cf. P Leid Wxiv. 38 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 131) ἀνάδυσόν μου τὴν σαπρὰν ἱ (= εἱ)μαρμένην, ";withdraw from me the bitter fate,"; and Epict.iii. 16.7. In Preisigke 5761.23 (A.D. 91–6) ἔστι σαπρὸν γα ̣̣[ρ ] ο ̣͗νομα τῆς τοῦ μισθω [το ]υ ̣̑ γ ̣υναικός, the word = ";unpleasant,"; and in the astrological Vett. Val. p. 36.30 al. the editor understands it as = ";periculosus."; See further Rutherford NP p. 474.
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