Strong's G4209 · Greek

πορφύρα

porphura · por-foo'-rah

of Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πορφύρα (G4209)

4 πορφύρα , -ας, ἡ , [in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן , אַרְגְּוָן ;] the purple-fish (cf. I Mac 4:23 ). purple dye . Later, = πορφυρίς , a purple garment : Mk 15:17 , 20 , Lk 16:19 , Re 18:12 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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