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ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΣ, πορφυρας
PORPHYRAS, porphyras
Sounds Like: por-FY-ras
Translations: purple, a purple, of purple, of the purple
From the root: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the color purple, or more specifically, to purple dye or cloth. In ancient times, purple dye was extremely valuable and often associated with royalty, wealth, and high status due to its rarity and the complex process required to produce it from murex snails. It can be used to describe the color of something or the material itself.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4209 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 26:1, 26:31, 26:36, 27:16, 28:8, 28:15, 28:29, 36:9, 36:12, 36:15, 36:32, 36:37, 37:3, 37:5, 37:16
- 2 Chronicles — 3:14
- Judith — 10:21
- Proverbs — 29:40
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:71
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 18:12
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
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΕΑ — purple, a purple garment, purple cloth
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΣΙΝ — purple, purple dye, purple cloth, a purple garment
- ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΥ — purple, of purple, a purple garment
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