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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - φωσφόρος
φωσφόρος
G5459
Transliteration: phōsphóros
Pronunciation: foce-for'-os
Definition: day star
- Original: φωσφόρος - Transliteration: Phosphoros - Phonetic: foce-for'-os
- Definition:
1. light bringing, giving light
2. the planet Venus, the morning star, day star
3. metaph. Christ
- Origin: from G5457" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5457 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342 - TDNT entry: 14:10,1 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G5457" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5457 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342; light bearing (phosphorus) that is (specifically) the morning star (figuratively): - day star.