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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56286" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56286" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7326" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7326" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' pôr´fi ''''' - ''''' ri ''''' (in Esther 1:6 , the Revised Version margin has "porphyry" (the King James Version margin "porphyre") for בּהט , <i> '''''bahaṭ''''' </i> , English [[Versions]] of the [[Bible]] "red (marble)"; the [[Septuagint]] has σμαραγδίτης , <i> '''''smaragdı́tēs''''' </i> , which was a green stone): | <p> ''''' pôr´fi ''''' - ''''' ri ''''' (in Esther 1:6 , the Revised Version margin has "porphyry" (the King James Version margin "porphyre") for בּהט , <i> '''''bahaṭ''''' </i> , English [[Versions]] of the [[Bible]] "red (marble)"; the [[Septuagint]] has σμαραγδίτης , <i> '''''smaragdı́tēs''''' </i> , 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 πορφύρεος , <i> '''''porphúreos''''' </i> , "purple." </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78109" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78109" /> == | ||
<p> A Neo-Platonic philosopher of Alexandria, born at Tyre; resorted to | <p> A Neo-Platonic philosopher of Alexandria, born at Tyre; resorted to Rome and became a disciple of [[Plotinus]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), whose works he edited; he wrote a work against Christianity, known only from the replies (233-305). </p> | ||
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