πυρρός G4450
fiery red, flame-colored; reddish color like fire
This adjective describes a fiery red or flame-colored appearance. Classical usage included reddish-yellow colors, particularly red hair or tawny animals. The New Testament uses it once as a personal name (Pyrrhus) and twice in Revelation's apocalyptic imagery to describe supernatural beings. The term evokes the color of fire and blood.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes fiery red coloring, both in a personal name and apocalyptic imagery. Acts 20:4 mentions 'Sopater of Berea, son of Pyrrhus'—likely a descriptive name meaning 'flame-colored' or 'red-haired.' Revelation 6:4 describes the second horseman: 'another horse came out, fiery red.' Revelation 12:3 introduces 'a great fiery red dragon having seven heads.' The Spanish variations ('rojo,' 'rojo-como-fuego') and German 'rot' emphasize the blood-red, flame-like color. In apocalyptic contexts, this color signals war, violence, and supernatural evil—a vivid chromatic marker of danger and destruction. 3×
AR["أحمَرُ", "أَحمَرُ", "بُورُوسَ"]·ben["পুর্রের", "লাল", "লাল;"]·DE["rot", "Πύρρου"]·EN["fiery-red", "of-Pyrros"]·FR["rot", "rouge"]·heb["אָדֹם", "שֶׁל-פּוּרְרוֹס"]·HI["पुर्रुस-का", "लाल", "लाल;"]·ID["anak-Pirus", "merah,", "merah;"]·IT["purros", "rosso"]·jav["Pirus,", "abrit"]·KO["부로의", "붉다", "붉은"]·PT["de-Pirro,", "vermelho"]·RU["Пирра,", "огненно-рыжий,", "рыжий;"]·ES["de-Pýrros", "rojo", "rojo-como-fuego"]·SW["mwekundu,", "mwekundu;", "wa-Pyro"]·TR["Pirros'un", "ateş-kırmızı", "kızıl"]·urd["آگ-جیسا-سرخ", "سرخ", "پُرُّس-کا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πυρρός, ά (Ionic dialect ή), όν, but Trag. and Doric dialect πυρσός, ή (Doric dialect ά), όν, Refs 5th c.BC+; rare in Prose, Refs 1st c.AD+: (πῦρ):— flame-coloured, yellowish-red (πυρρὸν ξανθοῦ τε καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται Refs 5th c.BC+. the yolk of an egg, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ λευκότης γίγνεται πυρρή Refs 5th c.BC+ of sediment in urine, Refs __2 especially of persons with red hair, Refs 6th c.BC+;…