noun · feminine
porfuropōlias
Greekπορφυρόπωλις (porfuropōlis)
Strong’sG4211
a female seller of purple cloth
stem porfuropōli-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† πορφυρόπωλις, -ιδος, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4211 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | porfuropōlias1×πορφυρόπωλις | porfuropōliais |
| object accusative | porfuropōlian | porfuropōliain |
| direct address vocative | porfuropōliar | porfuropōliair |
| of, belonging to genitive | porfuropōliau | porfuropōliaiu |
| to, for dative | porfuropōlia | porfuropōliai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
porfuropōlia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
porfuropōlias“dealer in purple cloth”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 16:14“dealer in purple cloth”kai tinas gunaikas onome Ludias, porfuropōlias politau Thuateireiu seberōtas ton theon, akouate, hau tos kurios dianoigata tan kardian prosecharō tei lalirōtei hupo tou Paulou.Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.