Word Study · Strong's G4504 · Greek

Ῥοῦφος

Rhouphos

hroo'-fos

Strong's 1890 spelling: Rhoûphos

“red”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

red; Rufus, a Christian

Rendered in the KJV as

Rufus.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

Ῥοῦφον1
Ῥούφου,1

How it is rendered · 2

Rufus1
Rufus,1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-ASM-P · 1
N-GSM-P · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Mark1 of 2 · 50%
Romans1 of 2 · 50%

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Mark1 occurrence

Mark 15:21Ῥούφου,rhouphounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularNow Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.here: Rufus,

Romans1 occurrence

Romans 16:13Ῥοῦφονrhouphonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularGreet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.here: Rufus

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