Gloss: purple cloth
Transliteration: porphura
Strong’s: G4209
πορφύρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן ;]
__1. the purple fish (cf. 1Ma.4:23).
__2. purple dye.
__3. Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment: Mrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן ;]
__1. the purple fish (cf. 1Ma.4:23).
__2. purple dye.
__3. Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment: Mrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)