ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΙ, πορφυριδι
PORPHYRIDI, porphyridi
Sounds Like: por-FY-ri-dee
Translations: (to) purple, (to) a purple robe, (to) a purple garment
From the root: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the color purple, a purple dye, or a purple garment, often a robe. Purple was a very expensive dye in ancient times, derived from shellfish, and was therefore associated with royalty, wealth, and high status. It is used here in the dative case, indicating the indirect object of an action, such as 'to' or 'for' purple.
Inflection: Dative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4210 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:195
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΑΣ — purple dye, purple garment, a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΔΩΝ — of purple garments, of purple cloth, of purple
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣΙ — purple, purple dye, purple garment, a purple garment
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