Lexical Summary porphyrous: purple Original Word: πορφυροῦςTransliteration: porphyrous Phonetic Spelling: (por-foo-rooce') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: purple Meaning: purple Strong's Concordance purple. From porphura; purpureal, i.e. Bluish red -- purple. see GREEK porphura Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4210: πορφύρεοςπορφύρεος, πορφυρεα, πορφυρεον, in Attic and in the N. T. contracted πορφυροῦς, πορφύρα, πορφυροῦν (πορφύρα), from Homer down, purple, dyed in purple, made of a purple fabric: John 19:2, 5; πορφυροῦν namely, ἔνδυμα ((Buttmann, 82 (72)); cf. Winer's Grammar, p. 591 (550)), Revelation 17:4 (G L T Tr WH); Revelation 18:16. |