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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φωσφόρος

Lemmaφωσφόρος
Citation formφωσφόρος, ον
Part of speechadjective
Glosslight-bearing, radiant, the morning-star
Strong’sG5459
Transliterationphōsphóros
Definitionlight-bearing ("phosphorus"), i.e. (specially), the morning-star (figuratively)
KJV glosses:--day star.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences1

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φωσφόρος
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)2 Peter 1:19

Morphology

Occurrences