Porphyry
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ISBE 19151 verse reference
ISBE 1915
por'-fi-ri (in Es 1:6, the Revised Version margin has "porphyry" (the King James Version margin "porphyre") for bahaT, English Versions of the Bible "red (marble)"; the Septuagint has smaragdtes, which was a green stone): Porphyry is an igneous rock containing distinct crystals of feldspar in a feldspathic matrix. It may be purple or of other colors, as green. "Porphyry" is from porphureos, "purple."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
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- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain