Strong G4209πορφύρα
purple cloth
- Transliteration
- porphura
- Pronunciation
- por-foo'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Latin origin; the purple mussel that is (by implication) the red blue color itself and finally a garment dyed with it: - purple.
Detailed definition
πορφύρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן;]
1. the purple fish (cf. 1Ma.4:23).
2. purple dye.
3. Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment: Mrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן;]
1. the purple fish (cf. 1Ma.4:23).
2. purple dye.
3. Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment: Mrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4209 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purple5
First verses
- Mark 15:17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
- Mark 15:20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
- Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πορφύρ-α [ῠ],
Ionic dialect πορφύρ-η, ἡ, purple-fish, Murex trunculus and Purpura haemastoma, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504, 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 23, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 528a10, +others, 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.86c; τρέφουσα.. πορφύρας ἰσάργυρον κηκῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 959.)]
II purple dye obtained from it, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847c; ἡ π. ἡ θαλαττία 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 45 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.; π. βαθυτάτη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.36)]; used as an application, βρέξαντες ἐν [τῷ νάρδῳ] τὴν π. ἐπιτιθέναι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Eup.” 3.2.)]
III ={πορφυρίς} 1, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23, etc.)]: in plural, cloths of purple, πορφύρας πατῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 957)]: collectively in singular, κωμῳδοῖς.. πορφύραν εἰσφέρων, ὥσπερ οἱ Μεγαρεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1123a23.)]
IV purple stripe or other adornment of a garment, τῆς σκιᾶς τὴν π. πρῶτον ἐνυφαίνουσ᾽, εἶτα μετὰ τὴν π. τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὔτε λευκὸν οὔτε π. ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ αὐγὴ τῆς κρόκης κεκραμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561; ποτικεφάλαια.. μὴ ἔχοντα μήτε σκιὰν μήτε πορφύραν “IG” 5(1).1390.24 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare “BGU” 1141.41 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 58, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).791)]; π. πλατεῖα, = Latin latus clavus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.26.1, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 108 (_plural_))]; π. alone, [Refs (“IGRom.” 3.1422 (from Prusias).)]
V metaphorically, σελήνη οὐρανοῦ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 6. (Perh. formed from πορφύρεος 11, compare μαρμαίρω, μαρμάρεος, μάρμαρος.))]
Ionic dialect πορφύρ-η, ἡ, purple-fish, Murex trunculus and Purpura haemastoma, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 504, 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 23, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 528a10, +others, 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.86c; τρέφουσα.. πορφύρας ἰσάργυρον κηκῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 959.)]
II purple dye obtained from it, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847c; ἡ π. ἡ θαλαττία 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 45 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.; π. βαθυτάτη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.36)]; used as an application, βρέξαντες ἐν [τῷ νάρδῳ] τὴν π. ἐπιτιθέναι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Eup.” 3.2.)]
III ={πορφυρίς} 1, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23, etc.)]: in plural, cloths of purple, πορφύρας πατῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 957)]: collectively in singular, κωμῳδοῖς.. πορφύραν εἰσφέρων, ὥσπερ οἱ Μεγαρεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1123a23.)]
IV purple stripe or other adornment of a garment, τῆς σκιᾶς τὴν π. πρῶτον ἐνυφαίνουσ᾽, εἶτα μετὰ τὴν π. τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὔτε λευκὸν οὔτε π. ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ αὐγὴ τῆς κρόκης κεκραμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 561; ποτικεφάλαια.. μὴ ἔχοντα μήτε σκιὰν μήτε πορφύραν “IG” 5(1).1390.24 (Andania, 1st c.BC),compare “BGU” 1141.41 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 58, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).791)]; π. πλατεῖα, = Latin latus clavus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.26.1, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 108 (_plural_))]; π. alone, [Refs (“IGRom.” 3.1422 (from Prusias).)]
V metaphorically, σελήνη οὐρανοῦ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 6. (Perh. formed from πορφύρεος 11, compare μαρμαίρω, μαρμάρεος, μάρμαρος.))]