Word study · Greek
porphyropōlis
seller of purple
Say it: por-foo-ROP-o-lis (approximate)
πορφυρόπωλις
What it means
A dealer in purple cloth, the expensive dye from the murex shellfish. Lydia was from Thyatira, which was known for its dyeing (16:14). Purple goods were a luxury trade, which suggests she was well-off. The word appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Seller of purpleOne who trades in purple goods.
In Acts
- Chapter 16
"A seller of purple" (16:14).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4211 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources