Original Word: πορφυροῦς
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: porphurous
Pronunciation: por-foo-roos'
Phonetic Spelling: (por-foo-rooce')
KJV: purple
NASB: purple
Word Origin: [from G4209 (πορφύρα - purple)]

1. purpureal, i.e. bluish red

purple.

From porphura; purpureal, i.e. Bluish red -- purple.

see GREEK porphura

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.]

Word Origin
from porphura
Definition
purple
NASB Translation
purple (4).

STRONGS NT 4210: πορφύρεος

πορφύρεος, 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.

Forms and Transliterations

πορφύραν πορφυροίς πορφυρουν πορφυρούν πορφυροῦν porphuroun porphyroun porphyroûn

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