G4209: πορφύρα
porphýra · “purple cloth”
Definition
the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it
KJV translates it as: purple
Word origin: of Latin origin;
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4209 is translated
- purple ×3
- of purple cloth ×1
Bible verses with G4209 (porphýra)
Porphýra appears in 4 verses.
- Mark 15:17
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
- Mark 15:20
And 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 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Revelation 18:12
The 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,