King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G4209 - Purple

Strong's No.:	G4209

Greek:	πορφύρα

Transliteration:	porphura

Phonetic:	por-foo'-rah

Word Origin:	Of Latin origin

Bible Usage:	purple.

Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine

Strongs Definition:	the purple mussel that is (by implication) the red blue color itself and finally a garment dyed with it

Thayers Definition:	1. the purple fish, a species of shell fish or mussel 2. a fabric coloured with purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth

Bible References: Purple	Mark 15:17 Mark 15:20 Luke 16:19 Rev 17:4 Rev 18:12

Translation Occurrences:	purple ( 5 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.