purpura, murex, a species of shellfish that yielded the purple dye, highly esteemed by the ancients, its tint being a bright crimson; in NT a purple garment, robe of purple, Lk. 16:19; Rev. 18:12
in advance, far advanced; far, far off, at a distance, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6; Lk. 14:32, can be an improper prep. with the gen. The comparative form of the adverb appears as πορρώτερον at Lk. 24:28.*