What does χλωρός (chlōrós) mean in the Bible?
χλωρός (chlōrós): Denotes the pale or sickly green of fresh vegetation, or pallid appearance suggesting death or decay.
Greek · G5515
χλωρός
Green
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χλωρός G5515
Pronunciation chlōrós
What does χλωρός (chlōrós) mean in the Bible?
χλωρός (chlōrós): Denotes the pale or sickly green of fresh vegetation, or pallid appearance suggesting death or decay.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5515?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] green (1), a pale green (1), green (1), plant (1).
Where does χλωρός (chlōrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 6:39. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] green 1× Revelation 8:7
a pale green 1× Revelation 6:8
green 1× Mark 6:39
plant 1× Revelation 9:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 6:39
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
χλωρὸν 1x chlōron Revelation 9:4
χλωρός 1x chlōros Revelation 6:8
χλωρὸς 1x chlōros Revelation 8:7
χλωρῷ 1x chlōrō Mark 6:39
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 6:8, Revelation 8:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 9:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 6:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes the pale or sickly green of fresh vegetation, or pallid appearance suggesting death or decay.
Strong's G5515
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
green
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 6:39 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
χλωρῷ clwrw
green, pale
Read verse Revelation 6:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χλωρός, clwrov
green, pale
Read verse Revelation 8:7 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χλωρὸς clwrov
green, pale
Read verse Revelation 9:4 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
χλωρόν, clwron
green, pale
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 6:8 · Rev 8:7 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 6:39 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 9:4 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 23:26–31 χλωρόν chlōrós
Green, fresh
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χλωρός is built from this root:
Χλόη G5514
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain