Lexical Summary Rhouphos: "red", Rufus, a Christian at Rome Original Word: ῬοῦφοςTransliteration: Rhouphos Phonetic Spelling: (hroo'-fos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "red", Rufus, a Christian at Rome Meaning: Rufus -- "red", Rufus, a Christian at Rome Strong's Concordance Rufus. Of Latin origin; red; Rufus, a Christian -- Rufus. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4504: ῬοῦφοςῬοῦφος, Ῥούφου. ὁ, Rufus (i. e. 'red', 'reddish'), a Latin proper name of a certain Christian: Mark 15:21; Romans 16:13. (B. D. under the word |