πορφύρα

Noun

porphyra · purple

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4209

Lexical summary

4

NT occurrences

2

Observed forms

About this Greek word

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

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative——
Genitive
Dative——
Accusative
Mark 15:17
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

πορφύρα

Book distribution counts: Mark: 2 occurrences; Luke: 1 occurrences; Revelation: 1 occurrences

Author

πορφύρα
  • Mark2
  • John1
  • Luke1

Author distribution counts: Mark: 2 occurrences; John: 1 occurrences; Luke: 1 occurrences