4209 porphýra – purple, symbolic of "royal status" (L & N, 1, 79.38). There were three familiar shades of purple in the ancient world: deep violet, deep scarlet (or crimson), and deep blue (WP, 2, 220).

Prov 31:22 associates purple with "godly (ideal) femininity," i.e. "righteous femaleness."

STRONGS NT 4209: πορφύρα

πορφύρα, πορφύρας, ἡ, the Sept. for אַרְגָמָן;

1. the purple-fish, a species of shell-fish or mussel: (Aeschylus, Sophocles), Isocrates, Aristotle, others; add 1 Macc. 4:23, on which see Grimm; (cf. B. D., under the word 1).

2. a fabric colored with the purple dye, a garment made from purple cloth (so from Aeschylus down): Mark 15:17, 20; Luke 16:19; Revelation 17:4 Rec.; .



purple

Of Latin origin; the "purple" mussel, i.e. (by implication) the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it -- purple.

πόρνην — 2 Occ.
πόρνης — 2 Occ.
πορνῶν — 2 Occ.
πόρνοι — 2 Occ.
πόρνοις — 4 Occ.
πόρνος — 3 Occ.
πόρνους — 1 Occ.
πόρρω — 3 Occ.
πορρώτερον — 1 Occ.
πόρρωθεν — 2 Occ.
πορφύρας — 1 Occ.
πορφυροῦν — 4 Occ.
πορφυρόπωλις — 1 Occ.
ποσάκις — 3 Occ.
πόσει — 1 Occ.
πόσις — 2 Occ.
πόσα — 2 Occ.
πόσαι — 1 Occ.
πόσας — 1 Occ.
πόσην — 1 Occ.