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
χλωρός (chlōrós): Denotes the pale or sickly green of fresh vegetation, or pallid appearance suggesting death or decay.
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χλωρόςG5515
Pronunciationchlōrós
What does χλωρός (chlōrós) mean in the Bible?
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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] green1×Revelation 8:7
a pale green1×Revelation 6:8
green1×Mark 6:39
plant1×Revelation 9:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 6:39
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Mark1Revelation3
Source forms
χλωρὸν1xchlōronRevelation 9:4
χλωρός1xchlōrosRevelation 6:8
χλωρὸς1xchlōrosRevelation 8:7
χλωρῷ1xchlōrōMark 6:39
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xRevelation 6:8, Revelation 8:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular1xRevelation 9:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular1xMark 6:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes the pale or sickly green of fresh vegetation, or pallid appearance suggesting death or decay.
Strong'sG5515
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
green
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 6:39Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
χλωρῷclwrw
green, pale
Read verseRevelation 6:8Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χλωρός,clwrov
green, pale
Read verseRevelation 8:7Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χλωρὸςclwrov
green, pale
Read verseRevelation 9:4Adjective 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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRev 6:8 · Rev 8:72×
Dative · Singular · MasculineMark 6:391×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterRev 9:41×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 23:26–31χλωρόνchlōrós
Green, fresh
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χλωρός is built from this root:
ΧλόηG5514