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Lexicon :: Strong's G4209 - porphyra

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πορφύρα
Transliteration
porphyra (Key)
Pronunciation
por-foo'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Latin origin
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Strong’s Definitions

πορφύρα porphýra, por-foo'-rah; of Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it:—purple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4209 in the following manner: purple (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4209 in the following manner: purple (5x).

  1. the purple fish, a species of shell fish or mussel

  2. a fabric coloured with purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πορφύρα porphýra, por-foo'-rah; of Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it:—purple.
STRONGS G4209:
πορφύρα, πορφύρας, ἡ, the Sept. for אַרְגָמָן;
1. the purple-fish, a species of shell-fish or mussel: (Aeschylus, Sophocles), Isocrates, Aristotle, others; add 1 Macc. 4:23, on which see Grimm; (cf. B. D., under the word 1).
2. a fabric colored with the purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth (so from Aeschylus down): Mark 15:17, 20; Luke 16:19; Revelation 17:4 Rec.; Revelation 18:12.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
15:17; 15:20
Luke
16:19
Revelation
17:4; 18:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4209 matches the Greek πορφύρα (porphyra),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 -
She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:5 -
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,
And the hair of thy head like purple;
The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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