Quick Definition
porphyry
Strong's Definition
white marble or perhaps alabaster
Derivation: from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten);
KJV Usage: red (marble).
TWOT Reference: 206
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בַּהַט
bahaṭ
BDB Definition:
1) a costly stone (perhaps porphyry), red marble
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 206
Total KJV Occurrences: 2