noun · masculine
roufos
GreekῬοῦφος (roufos)
Strong’sG4504
Rufus
stem rouf-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ῥοῦφος, -ου, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4504 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhroo'-fos
red; Rufus, a Christian
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesRufus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | roufos | roufois |
| object accusative | roufon1×Ῥοῦφον | roufoin |
| direct address vocative | roufor | roufoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | roufou1×Ῥούφου | roufoiu |
| to, for dative | roufo | roufoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
roufo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
roufon“Rufus”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 16:13“Rufus”aspazevar Roufon ton eklekton en kurio kai tan mētēran autou kai mu.Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
roufou“Rufus”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 15:21“Rufus”Kai angareualō paragarōton tinon Simōnon Kurēnaion ercherōton apo agrou, ton patēron Alexandrou kai Roufou, hina airateia ton stauron autou.Now 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.