King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5459
Transliteration: phōsphoros
Phonetic Spelling: (foce-for'-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: light-bringing, the morning star
Meaning: light-bringing, the morning star
φωσφόρος, φωσφορον (φῶς and φέρω), light-bringing, giving light (Aristophanes, Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, others); as a substantive, ὁ φωσφόρος (LatinLucifer), the planet Venus, the morning-star, day-star (Plato, Tim. Locr., p. 96 e.; Plutarch, others): 2 Peter 1:19, on the meaning of this passage, see λύχνος.
Word Summary
phōsphoros: light-bringing, the morning star
Original Word: φωσφόροςTransliteration: phōsphoros
Phonetic Spelling: (foce-for'-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: light-bringing, the morning star
Meaning: light-bringing, the morning star
Strong's Concordance
a morning starFrom phos and phero; light-bearing ("phosphorus"), i.e. (specially), the morning-star (figuratively) -- day star.
see GREEK phos
see GREEK phero
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5459: φωσφόροςφωσφόρος, φωσφορον (φῶς and φέρω), light-bringing, giving light (Aristophanes, Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, others); as a substantive, ὁ φωσφόρος (LatinLucifer), the planet Venus, the morning-star, day-star (Plato, Tim. Locr., p. 96 e.; Plutarch, others): 2 Peter 1:19, on the meaning of this passage, see λύχνος.