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Lexicon :: Strong's H3768 - karpas

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כַּרְפַּס
Transliteration
karpas
Pronunciation
kar-pas'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1045

Strong’s Definitions

כַּרְפַּס karpaç, kar-pas'; of foreign origin; byssus or fine vegetable wool:—green.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H3768 in the following manner: green (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H3768 in the following manner: green (1x).
  1. cotton or fine linen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּרְפַּס karpaç, kar-pas'; of foreign origin; byssus or fine vegetable wool:—green.
STRONGS H3768: Abbreviations
כַּרְפַּס noun masculine cotton (or fine linen (loan-word from Sanskrit karpâsa, cotton, Persian bdb050204 fine linen; hence also κάρπασος, carbasus, Arabic bdb050205 Talmud כָּרְמְּסָא; compare LagArm. Stud. § 1148); — וּתְכֵלֶת חוּר כ׳ Esther 1:6 (Greek Version of the LXX καρπασίνοις): compare Cels.Hierob. ii. 157 ff.
[כָּרַר] verb √ of following (Late Hebrew כִּרְכֵּר use circumlocution; Targum. plural כִּרְכְּרָן dances; Arabic bdb050206return, repeat, attack anew, advance and retreat; bdb050207id.; II. whirl about; originally perhaps move around, then surround, enclose, recur, etc.; Ethiopic bdb050301turn a mill, only participle; bdb050302see rotate, revolve, roll, and derivatives Di838f.); — only
Pilp., Participle מְכַרְכֵּר dancing (literally whirling) 2 Samuel 6:14, 16 (|| מְפַזֵּז).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:14; 6:16

Esther

1:6

H3768

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3768 matches the Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpas),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods[fn] and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
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