Strong's G5459 · Greek

φωσφόρος

phosphoros · foce-for'-os

from 5457 and 5342; light-bearing ("phosphorus"), i.e. (specially), the morning-star (figuratively)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φωσ-φόρος (G5459)

1 * φωσ-φόρος , -ον ( φῶς , φέρω ), light-bringing ; as subst., ὁ φ. , the morning star (Plat., al.; cf. ἐωσφόρος , Is 14:12 , Jb 3:9 , Ps 110:3 ): metaph., II Pe 1:19 (v. Mayor, in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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