πορφύρα
porphýra
“the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
purpura, murex, a species of shellfish that yielded the purple dye, highly esteemed by the ancients, its tint being a bright crimson; in NT a purple garment, robe of purple, Lk. 16:19; Rev. 18:12
Translated in KJV as
purple
Etymology
of Latin origin;
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