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Lexicon :: Strong's H8504 - tᵊḵēleṯ

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תְּכֵלֶת
Transliteration
tᵊḵēleṯ
Pronunciation
tek-ay'-leth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2510

Strong’s Definitions

תְּכֵלֶת tᵉkêleth, tek-ay'-leth; probably for H7827; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith:—blue.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's H8504 in the following manner: blue (50x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's H8504 in the following manner: blue (50x).
  1. violet, violet stuff

    1. violet thread

    2. violet stuff or fabric

  2. (TWOT) blue (covering spectrum from brilliant red through deep purple)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תְּכֵלֶת tᵉkêleth, tek-ay'-leth; probably for H7827; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith:—blue.
STRONGS H8504: Abbreviations
תְּכֵ֫לֶת 48 noun feminine violet, i.e. violet thread and stuff; Greek Version of the LXX usually υἄκινθος, υἀκίθινος; see ThatcherHast. DB COLOURS (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Targum תִּכְלָא); —
1. violet thread (spun, Exodus 35:25; woven, Exodus 39:3):
a. in Exodus (P) of hangings of tabernacle, ephod, etc., ת׳ + אַרְגָּמָן, תּוֺלַעַת שָׁנִי (q. v.; often also שֵׁשׁ, זהב), Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1; Exodus 28:5, 6, 33; Exodus 35:25 + 20 times; of temple hangings (+ אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן, כַּרְמִיל, בּוּץ) 2 Chron 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 2:14; loops or cords of ת׳ (alone) Exodus 26:4; Exodus 28:28, 31, 37; Exodus 36:11; Exodus 39:21, 22, 31; Numbers 15:38 (all P).
b. palace hangings in Shushan + חוּר Esther 1:6.
† 2. violet stuff, fabric.; לְבוּשֵׁי ת׳ Ezekiel 23:6, גְּלוֺמֵי ת׳ וְרִקְמָה Ezekiel 27:24; וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָׁם ת׳ Jeremiah 10:9; also in trade Ezekiel 27:7 (+ אַרְגָּמָן, שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה), compare בֶּגֶד ת׳ for covering sacred utensils Numbers 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:4; 26:1; 26:4; 28:5; 28:6; 28:28; 28:31; 28:33; 28:37; 35:25; 35:25; 36:11; 39:3; 39:21; 39:22; 39:31

Numbers

4:6; 4:7; 4:9; 4:11; 4:12; 15:38

2 Chronicles

2:6; 2:13; 2:14

Esther

1:6

Jeremiah

10:9

Ezekiel

23:6; 27:7; 27:24

H8504

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8504 matches the Hebrew תְּכֵלֶת (tᵊḵēleṯ),
which occurs 49 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - [fn]blue H8504, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 -

“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - “And you shall make loops of [fn]blue H8504 on the edge of the [fn]outermost curtain in the one set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second [fn]set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 -

“You shall make a veil of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 -

“You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “And as for the gate of the court there shall be a screen of [fn]twenty cubits, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They shall take the gold and the [fn]blue H8504 and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 -

“They shall also make the ephod of gold, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of the skillful designer.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, [fn]of the same material: of gold, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 -

“You shall make a [fn]breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - “They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a [fn]blue H8504 cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31 -

“You shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of [fn]blue H8504.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - “You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37 - “You shall [fn]fasten it on a [fn]blue H8504 cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - and [fn]blue H8504, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man, [fn]who had in his possession [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats’ hair and rams’ skins [fn]dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the women [fn]wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with [fn]wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in [fn]blue H8504 and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

And all those [fn]wise at heart among those who were doing the work made the [fn]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer, [fn]Bezalel made them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - He made loops of [fn]blue H8504 on the edge of the [fn]outermost curtain in the first [fn]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was [fn]outermost in the second [fn]set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Moreover, he made the veil of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a screen for the doorway of the tent, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the [fn]weaver, of [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was [fn]twenty cubits and the [fn]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a [fn]weaver in [fn]blue H8504 and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 -

Moreover, from the [fn]blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place [fn]as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 -

He made the ephod of gold, and of blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads [fn]to be woven in with the blue H8504 and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen, the work of a skillful designer.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, [fn]of the same material: of gold, and of blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

He made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful designer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, and of blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue H8504 cord, so that it would be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 -

Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work entirely of blue H8504;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - They made pomegranates of blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue H8504 and purple and scarlet material, the work of the [fn]weaver, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:31 - They [fn]fastened a blue H8504 cord to it, to [fn]fasten it on the turban above, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - and they shall put a covering of porpoise skin on it and shall spread over it a cloth of pure [fn]blue H8504 and shall insert its poles.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:7 - “Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of [fn]blue H8504 and put on it the dishes and the pans and the offering bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take a [fn]blue H8504 cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its tongs, and its [fn]trays and all its oil vessels, by which they minister in connection to it;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:11 - “And over the golden altar they shall spread a [fn]blue H8504 cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin and shall insert its poles;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - and they shall take all the utensils of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a [fn]blue H8504 cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin and put them on the carrying bars.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue H8504.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “So now, send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue H8504 fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue H8504, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord David your father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the veil of blue H8504, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he ornamented cherubim on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of fine white and [fn]blue H8504 linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble pillars, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 -

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of [fn]blue H8504 and fine white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa cried aloud and was glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 -

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,

And gold from Uphaz,

The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;

Blue H8504 and purple are their clothing;

They are all the work of wise craftsmen.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed in purple H8504, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 -

“Your [fn]sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt

So that it became your [fn]standard;

Your [fn]awning was [fn]blue H8504 and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of [fn]blue H8504 and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
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