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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

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

Translation
Occurrences:
purple ( 5 )

 

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