Greek noun (feminine) · G4209
πορφύρα
porphyrapor-foo'-rah
the purple fish (cf.; purple dye.; Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: porphýra
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4209is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4209
the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it
The King James renders it: purple.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
porphyra is rendered "the purple fish (cf.; purple dye.; Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "the purple fish (cf.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 15:17They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
Mark 15:17πορφύραν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Mark.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: the purple fish (cf., and purple dye., and Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the purple fish (cf.1Ma.4:23). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMark 15:17They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head. |
| purple dye. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garmentMrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereMark 15:17They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πορφυροῦς | porphyrous | purple | Uses4 |
| πορφυρόπωλις | porphyropolis | dealer in purple | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πορφύραν3
- πορφύρας1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Mark
two uses
They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
- πορφύρανporphurannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: purple
After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
- πορφύρανporphurannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: purple
Luke
one use
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- πορφύρανporphurannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: purple
Revelation
one use
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- πορφύραςporphurasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of purple cloth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.