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Strong's G2063 ἐρυθρός (erythros)

Erythros means “red” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2063 — zoth (“it”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2063
Language Greek
Linked Usages 30
Books 13

Strong's G2063 Quick Answer

Strong's G2063 ἐρυθρός (eruthros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eruthros (er-oo-thros') adj. 1. red {(with G2281) the Red Sea} It has 30 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include red. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
eruthros (er-oo-thros') adj. 1. red {(with G2281) the Red Sea}
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
red

Meaning and Definition

eruthros (er-oo-thros') adj. 1. red {(with G2281) the Red Sea} [of uncertain affinity] KJV: red See also: G2281

Original Word
ἐρυθρός
Transliteration
eruthros
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2063. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

Red (Sea)

Usage: 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.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2063 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eruthros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Red Acts 7:36

How Strong's G2063 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2063 (ἐρυθρός) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2063 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2063 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 7:36 KJV

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Hebrews 11:29 KJV

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

Strong's G2063 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 13:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:4 Septuagint / Brenton

He has cast the chariots of Pharaoh and his host into the sea, The chosen mounted captains: They were swallowed up in the Red Sea.

Strong's G2063 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And God dried the Red Sea before them,

1 Maccabees 4:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Remember how our fathers were delivered in the Red Sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.

Strong's G2063 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 32:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness,

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2063.

Exodus 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has cast the chariots of Pharaoh and his host into the sea, The chosen mounted captains: They were swallowed up in the Red Sea.
Exodus 15:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.
Exodus 23:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.
Numbers 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Amalek and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
Numbers 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having departed from Mount Hor by the way leading to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way.
Numbers 33:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
Numbers 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Deuteronomy 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert toward the west near the Red Sea, between Paran Tophel, and Laban, and Aulon, and the gold works.
Deuteronomy 1:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and what he did to the host of the Egyptians, and to their chariots, and their cavalry, and their host; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overwhelm the face of them as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroyed them until this day;
Joshua 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.
Joshua 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward God brought out our fathers from Egypt, and ye entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
Nehemiah 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Psalms 105:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, And remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; But provoked him as they went up by the Red Sea.
Psalms 105:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: So he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.
Psalms 105:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things at the Red Sea.
Psalms 135:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To him who divided the Red Sea into parts: For his mercy endures forever:
Psalms 135:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea: For his mercy endures forever.
Isaiah 63:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore are thy garments red, and thy raiment as if fresh from a trodden winepress?
Acts 7:36 New Testament, KJV
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Hebrews 11:29 New Testament, KJV
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Judith 5:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And God dried the Red Sea before them,
1 Maccabees 4:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember how our fathers were delivered in the Red Sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Brought them through the Red Sea, And led them through much water:
Wisdom of Solomon 19:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; And where water stood before, dry land appeared; And out of the Red Sea a way without impediment; And out of the violent stream a green field:
1 Enoch 32:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2063, grouped by book.

Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2063 FAQ

What does erythros (ἐρυθρός) mean?

Erythros (Strong's G2063) is a Greek word most simply glossed "red". eruthros (er-oo-thros') adj. 1. red {(with G2281) the Red Sea}

How many times is erythros (ἐρυθρός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G2063 across 13 books.

Where can I study erythros (ἐρυθρός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2063 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate erythros (ἐρυθρός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as red. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2063 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2063, with linked reader references where each row is available.