Lexical Summary porphyra: purple fish, purple dye, purple cloth Original Word: πορφύραTransliteration: porphyra Phonetic Spelling: (por-foo'-rah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: purple fish, purple dye, purple cloth Meaning: purple fish, purple dye, purple cloth Strong's Concordance purpleOf Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it -- purple. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4209: πορφύραπορφύρα, πορφύρας, ἡ, the Sept. for אַרְגָמָן; 1. the purple-fish, a species of shell-fish or mussel: (Aeschylus, Sophocles), Isocrates, Aristotle, others; add 1 Macc. 4:23, on which see Grimm; (cf. B. D., under the word 2. a fabric colored with the purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth (so from Aeschylus down): Mark 15:17, 20; Luke 16:19; Revelation 17:4 Rec.; |
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