- Original: πορφύρα
- Transliteration: Porphura
- Phonetic: por-foo'-rah
- Definition:
1. the purple fish, a species of shell fish or mussel
2. a fabric coloured with purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth
- Origin: of Latin origin
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: Of Latin origin; the purple mussel that is (by implication) the red blue color itself and finally a garment dyed with it: - purple.
Total KJV Occurrences: 4
• purple, 4
Mar 15:17; Mar 15:20;
Revelation 17:4;
Revelation 18:12