ΑΛΟΥΡΓΕΙΣ, αλουργεις
ALOURGEIS, alourgeis
Sounds Like: ah-loor-GAYS
Translations: purple, purple-dyed, a purple garment
From the root: ΑΛΟΥΡΓΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is purple or dyed with purple. It is often used to refer to purple garments or fabrics, which were historically associated with royalty and wealth due to the high cost of the dye. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun, or as a substantive noun referring to a purple item itself.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0253 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 7:183
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΟΥΡΓΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΛΟΥΡΓΕΣΙΝ — (to) purple, (to) crimson, (to) scarlet
- ΑΛΟΥΡΓΗΣ — purple, purple-dyed, a purple garment
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