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)
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G4209 — πορφύρα
porphura · purple cloth · Greek
4 tagged verse occurrences
Mark 15:17 · πορφύρανand clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him,Mark 15:20 · πορφύρανand when they had mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.Luke 16:19 · πορφύραν‘And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,Revelation 18:12 · πορφύραςlading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,