v. Scarlet, Scarlet, Red
Dan 5:29 commanded Belshazzar to clothe Daniel with p, and
Act 16:14 woman named Lidia, seller of p
Purple (Heb. ‘argâmân, “purple”, “red”; tekêleth; ugar. ‘rgmn, a foreign word from Anatolia; Gr. porfuróus, porfúreos, “purple”; porfúra, “purple”,[dressofthe“purple”).Anycolorwithinalooselydefinedrangefromviolettodeepbluish-red.Primitivelyscarletwasalsoincluded(cfMat27:28;Mar15:17).InancienttimesthepurpledyewasobtainedfromaspeciesofmolluskcommonintheMediterraneantheMurex;originallythegr.porfúrawasthenameofthisanimal.Laterporfúraanditsderivativeswereappliedtoclothorclothingdyedwiththatdye.ThefamousTyrianpurplewasderivedfrom2speciesofmurex.MurexshellswerediscoveredatMinetel-BeidatheportofancientRasShamra(Ugarit);thisindicatesthatthedyewasproducedtherefromthe2ndmillenniumBCThepurpleofThyatirawhichLydiawasconcernedwith(Acts16:14)wasnotproducedfromthemolluskbutfromtherootsofaplantcalled”rubia”Anditwasbrightred.Theidolatrouspeoplesusedclothofthatcolortoenthronetheiridols(Jer10:9).Someofthetabernacleandtemplecurtainswerepurple(Exo25:4;26:13136;2Ch3:14).AccordingtoJosephusthepurpleofthehighpriest’sgarments(Exo28:561533;39:29)representedthesea.The”purple”ofDan5:7comesfromthewordaram.’argewân“purple”.ThatwasthecolorofroyaltyinancienttimesasmanifestedfromthetimeofthePersians(Est8:15)theMedesandotherancientpeoples.TheDanielpassageindicatesthatitwasalsotheroyalcolorintheNeo-BabylonianperiodwhichprecededthePersianperiodaswellasoftheMidianitekings(Jdg8:26).TherichinNTtimesworepurple(Luk16:19).ThepurplemantlewithwhichtheRomansoldiers963dressedJesus(John19:2)wasamockeryofhisclaimstokingship.ThemysticalBabylontheGreatalsowearspurple(Rev17:4;18:16).SeeScarlet.Bib.:P-NHix.6162;FJ-GJv.5.4;J-ACi.5.8;JCi.3.2;ii.4.6.419.ThecityofPozzuolithebiblicalPuteoliwiththeBayofNaplesinthebackground.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., argaman, purple; gr. porfura, purple). (Exo 25:4; Exo 26:36; Exo 28:15; Jdg 8:26; 2Ch 2:14; 2Ch 3:14; Est 1:6; Est 8:15; Song of Sons 3:10; Mar 15:17-20; Luke 16:19; Acts 16:14). Purple was an expensive dye that was extracted from a small gland of a marine mollusk. The Book of Exodus lists extensive uses of purple in the tabernacle and for the garment of the priests. Because of their high price, purple robes were normally worn by royalty. In very ancient times, the people of the Sumerian civilization had been forbidden under pain of punishment to wear purple. Jesus was dressed in derision at his trial in a purple robe (Mark 15:17). Lydia, Paul’s first convert in Europe, was a seller of purple (Acts 16:14), that is, the purple dye.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Tint that produces a deep crimson color. It was highly esteemed in biblical times. It was produced by grinding a kind of snail that is obtained in the Mediterranean, and two hundred and fifty thousand of them were needed to obtain an ounce of this precious dye, which explains the value that was attributed to it. For the Hebrews there were two kinds of purple, red and violet. The Phoenicians controlled the production and marketing of the p. Thus, it is interpreted that the name of Canaán is related to a word that means “country of the p.” for the industry that the Phoenicians had of it. The veil of the †¢tabernacle (Exo 26:31-36) and the priestly vestments (Ex. 28), as well as other objects of the cult were made in part with p. Solomon asked †¢Hiram to send him “an able man who knows how to work…p.,† for the construction of the †temple (2Ch 2:7). The fabric dyed with p. it was used in the clothing of kings, nobles and the rich (Pro 31:22; Eze 23:5-6; Luc 16:19). Thus, “the kings of Midian” defeated by Gideon wore “p. garb” (Jdg 8:26). Mordecai was clothed with “a robe of linen and p.” (Es 8:15). Belshazzar commanded “to clothe Daniel with p.” (Dan 5:7, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29). When the Roman soldiers wanted to make fun of the Lord Jesus, “they dressed him in p.” (Mar 15:17; Joh 19:2). Lydia was a seller of purple (Acts 16:14).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, COLO
see, UGARIT, SCARLET
vet, A coloring substance that is extracted from various species of molluscs, The ancient Tyrians used two types of them: the “Murex trunculus”, from which the bluish purple was extracted, and the “Murex brandaris”, which gave the red. The ink of its coloring matter varies in color depending on the region in which it is fished. Heaps of artificially opened murex shells have been discovered at Minet el-Beida, the port of ancient Ugarit (Ras Shamra), giving evidence of the great antiquity of the use of this purple dye (see UGARIT). Due to its high price, only the rich and magistrates wore purple (Est. 8:15, cf. the exaltation of Mordecai, v. 2, Pr. 31:22; Dn. 5:7; 1 Mac. 10 :20, 62, 64; 2 Mac. 4:38; cf. v 31; Lk. 16:19; Rev. 17:4). Sovereigns adorned themselves in purple, even those of Midian (Judges 8:26). Jesus was mocked with a purple robe (Mark 15:17). Great use had been made of purple-dyed fabrics for the Tabernacle (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36) and for the garments of the high priest (Ex. 28:5, 6, 15, 33; 39: 29). The Jews gave a symbolic value to purple (Wars 5:5, 4). (See SCARLET.)
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
See COLORS; DYES, TEí’IR.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
A. NAME porfura (porfuvra, 4209), originally denoted the purple mollusk, the murice, and later the purple dye that was extracted from it; hence purple garments (Mk 15.17,20; Luk 16:19; Rev 18:12).¶ B. Adjective porfureos (porfuvreo”, 4210), purple, a reddish purple. It is used of the mantle placed on Christ as a mockery (Joh 19:2,5). In Rev 17:4, in the most commonly accepted texts; in TR appears A; 18.16, as a name (jimation, clothing being understood).¶
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary