ΠΟΡΦΥΡΕΑ, πορφυρεα
PORPHYREA, porphyrea
Sounds Like: por-fy-REH-ah
Translations: purple, a purple garment, purple cloth
From the root: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'purple' or 'made of purple'. It describes something that has the color purple. When used as a noun, it can refer to a purple garment or purple cloth. It is often used to describe luxurious or royal items.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4209 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 6:187
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ.
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.
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ — purple, purple cloth, purple dye, a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΝ — purple, a purple garment, purple dye
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΣ — purple, a purple, of purple, of the purple
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣΙΝ — purple, purple dye, purple cloth, a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΥ — purple, of purple, a purple garment
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