Bible Lexicons

For the common NT sense ";wear"; (Mat. 11:8, al.) cf. P Oxy III. 53114f. (ii/A.D.) κομ [ί ]σαι διὰ Ὀννῶφρα τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ λευκὰ τὰ δυ [ν ]άμενα μετὰ τῶν πορφυρῶν φορεῖσθαι φαινολίων, τὰ ἄλλα μετὰ τῶν μουρσίνων φορέσεις, ";receive by Onnophris the white robes which are to be worn with the purple cloaks, the others you should wear with the myrtle-coloured (?) ones"; (Edd.), P Giss I. 478 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p.383) ὡς μὴ κάμνειν τὸν φοροῦντα αὐτόν, with reference to a breastplate, and the enactment in connexion with the Andanian mysteries, Syll 653 (= 3 736)77 (B.C. 92) φορούντω δὲ οἱ δέκα ἐν τοῖς μυστηρίοις στρόφιον πορφύριον. See also P Michigan Inv. No. 136733 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Preisigke 7247) ἔνεγκον ἐρχομένη σον τὰ χρυσία, ἀλλὰ μὴ αὐτὰ φορέσῆς ἐν τῷ πλο [ί ]ῳ, when you come, bring your gold ornaments, but do not wear them on the boat.";