Porphura denotes purple-colored cloth, worn as clothing or listed among traded goods.

The attested uses refer to purple-colored cloth: it is put on and removed from a person in Mark 15:17 and Mark 15:20, describes the rich man's dress in Luke 16:19, and appears among cargo in Revelation 18:12.

1. Purple-colored cloth for dress or goods · dominant

   The accusative singular form occurs in clothing actions: in Mark 15:17 the APB renders that they “dressed him in purple cloth,” and in Mark 15:20 that they “stripped off the purple cloth.” In Luke 16:19 it describes what the rich man wore, while the genitive singular in Revelation 18:12 occurs in a list of cargo, where the APB renders “purple cloth.”

   Mark 15:17Mark 15:20Luke 16:19Revelation 18:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the term as “purple cloth,” in scenes of dressing, removal of clothing, and a cargo list. This rendering is confirmed by the surrounding clauses rather than treated as a precise lexical definition.