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|strgr=of Latin [[origin]]; the "[[purple]]" [[mussel]], i.e. (by [[implication]]) the [[red]]-[[blue]] color itself, and [[finally]] a [[garment]] [[dyed]] [[with]] it: [[purple]].
|strgr=of Latin [[origin]]; the "[[purple]]" [[mussel]], i.e. (by [[implication]]) the [[red]]-[[blue]] color itself, and [[finally]] a [[garment]] [[dyed]] [[with]] it: [[purple]].
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|txtha=πορφύρας, ἡ, the Sept. for אַרְגָמָן;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[purple]]-[[fish]], a [[species]] of [[shell]]-[[fish]] or [[mussel]]: ([[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]]), Isocrates, [[Aristotle]], others; [[add]] B. D., [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Colors 1).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[fabric]] colored [[with]] the [[purple]] [[dye]], a [[garment]] made from [[purple]] [[cloth]] (so from [[Aeschylus]] [[down]]): Revelation 18:12>.
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