ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΠΩΛΙΣ, πορφυροπωλις
PORPHYROPŌLIS, porphyropōlis
Sounds Like: por-fy-ro-POH-lis
Translations: seller of purple, a seller of purple, purple-seller, a purple-seller
From the root: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ, ΠΩΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound noun referring to a person who sells purple dye or purple cloth. In ancient times, purple dye was very expensive and associated with royalty and wealth, so a seller of purple would have been a merchant dealing in luxury goods.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 16:14
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 16:14
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ, ΠΩΛΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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