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Koine Greek wordlink #94995

SR GNT Acts 16:14 πορφυρόπωλις (porfuropōlis) ‘woman by the name Ludia a seller_of_purple of the city of Thuateira worshipping’ Strongs=42110 Lemma=porfuropōlis^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=53 AD Event=Lydia's_Conversion TimeSeries=Lydia's_Conversion,Second_Missionary_Journey

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Only use of identical word form πορφυρόπωλις (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πορφυρόπωλις’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘a seller_of_purple’.

Acts 16:14 ‘woman by the name Ludia a seller_of_purple of the city of Thuateira worshipping’ SR GNT Acts 16:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 And a_certain woman by_the_name Ludia, a_seller _of _purple of_the_city of _Thuateira, worshipping the god was _hearing, of _whom the master opened _up her heart, to _be _taking _heed to _the things being _spoken by the Paulos. (ACT_16:14)

OET-RV: 14 One of them was Lydia from Thyatira who was a seller of purple goods and although she already worshipped God, the master opened her mind and she readily accepted what Paul was saying. (ACT 16:14)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘porfuropōlis’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative, feminine, singular