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G4209Greek

πορφύρα

Definition and meaning

porphura (por-foo'-rah) n. 1. the "purple" mussel 2. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it [of Latin origin] KJV: purple

Tagged KJV passages

5 matching verses - 5.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Mark 15:17

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Matched English: purpleMark 15:20

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

Matched English: purpleLuke 16:19

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Matched English: purpleRevelation 17:4

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

Matched English: purpleRevelation 18:12

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Matched English: purple