Strong's Concordance porphurous: purple Original Word: πορφυροῦς, ᾶ, οῦνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: porphurous Phonetic Spelling: (por-foo-rooce') Short Definition: purple Definition: purple. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4210 porphyroús – a purple (reddish-purple) cloth or dye. See 4209 (porphýra). (Jn 19:5) It was customary in ancient times for a king to dress in purple. Hence, giving Jesus a purple cloak, mocked Him as someone merely posing to be a king. [This garment was perhaps a discarded officers' cloak that had been dyed purple.] 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance purple. From porphura; purpureal, i.e. Bluish red -- purple. see GREEK porphura Forms and Transliterations πορφύραν πορφυροίς πορφυρουν πορφυρούν πορφυροῦν porphuroun porphyroun porphyroûnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 42104 Occurrences πορφυροῦν — 4 Occ. John 19:2 Adj-ANS GRK: καὶ ἱμάτιον πορφυροῦν περιέβαλον αὐτόν NAS: and put a purple robe KJV: they put on him a purple robe, INT: and a robe purple cast around him John 19:5 Adj-ANS Revelation 17:4 Adj-ANS Revelation 18:16 Adj-ANS |
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