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Lexicon :: Strong's H713 - 'argāmān

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אַרְגָּמָן
Transliteration
'argāmān
Pronunciation
ar-gaw-mawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
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TWOT Reference: 157b

Strong’s Definitions

אַרְגָּמָן ʼargâmân, ar-gaw-mawn'; of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff):—purple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H713 in the following manner: purple (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H713 in the following manner: purple (38x).

  1. purple, red-purple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְגָּמָן ʼargâmân, ar-gaw-mawn'; of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff):—purple.
STRONGS H713: Abbreviations
† אַרְגָּמָן noun [masculine] purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth (Assyrian argamannu COT Exodus 25:4, Arabic أَرْجَوَانً, Aramaic axnxvgRAf  , compare H710 אַרְגְּוָן above; etymology dubious; possibly Sanskrit râgaman, adjective red, reddish, from râga, red colour, so Benary compare Thes Add111 Rob-Ges; see MV; Thes earlier, from רגם; but probably loan-word, compare also LagBN 205; Persian ارغوان is also cited by PS) — form always as above —
1. purple thread, compare especially Exodus 35:25; Exodus 39:3; Esther 1:6;
a. mostly Exodus (P) with reference to the hangings of tabernacle, the ephod, etc.; seldom alone; with תְּכֵלֶת, violet (q. v.), תּוֺלַעַת שָׁנִי, (מָשְׁזָב) שֵׁשׁ, (also עִזִּים) Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1, 31, 36; Exodus 27:16; Exodus 35:8, 25, 35; Exodus 36:8, 35, 37; Exodus 38:18, 23; Exodus 39:24 (on text see Di) Exodus 39:29; with these + זָהָב Exodus 28:5, 6, 8, 15; Exodus 39:2; Exodus 39:3; Exodus 39:5; Exodus 39:8; omitted שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 28:33; Exodus 39:1; also of temple-hangings, with תְּכֵלֶת, בּוּץ & כַּרְמִיל 2 Chronicles 3:14; compare 2 Chronicles 2:13 [2 Chronicles 2:14] (see also [H710 2 Chronicles 2:6] see below H710 אַרְגְּוָן).
b. as indicating wealth & luxury of Tyre, c. שֵׁשׁ, רִקְמָה, תְּכֵלֶת Ezekiel 27:7; with רִקְמָה & בּוּץ Ezekiel 27:16 (as articles of commerce); also in Persia, with בּוּץ Esther 1:6.
2. purple cloth, chiefly of garments, בֶּגֶד א׳ Numbers 4:13; Judges 8:26; וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְא׳ Esther 8:15, לְבוּשָׁהּ שֵׁשׁ וְא׳ Proverbs 31:22; לְבוּשָׁם תְּכֵלָת וְא׳ Jeremiah 10:9; also מֶרְכָּבוֺ א׳ Songs 3:10; in simile, of woman's hair Songs 7:6.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H711.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:4; 25:4; 26:1; 26:31; 26:36; 27:16; 28:5; 28:6; 28:8; 28:15; 28:33; 35:8; 35:25; 35:25; 35:35; 36:8; 36:35; 36:37; 38:18; 38:23; 39:1; 39:2; 39:3; 39:3; 39:5; 39:8; 39:24; 39:29

Numbers

4:13

Judges

8:26

2 Chronicles

2:14; 3:14

Esther

1:6; 1:6; 8:15

Proverbs

31:22

Song of Songs

3:10; 7:6

Jeremiah

10:9

Ezekiel

27:7; 27:16

H713

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Strong's Number H713 matches the Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן ('argāmān),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, Bezalel made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skilful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:13 - And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 -
She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 -
He made the pillars thereof of silver,
The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple,
The midst thereof being paved with love,
From the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:5 -
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,
And the hair of thy head like purple;
The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:16 - Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
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