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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 -

“You shall also make a veil of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of [fn]twenty cubits, of [fn]violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They shall take the gold, the [fn]violet H8504, the purple, the scarlet material, and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 -

“They shall also make the ephod of gold, of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of the skilled embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - “And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31 -

“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of violet H8504.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - “You shall make on its hem pomegranates of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37 - “You shall [fn]fasten it on a violet H8504 cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - and [fn]violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Everyone [fn]who was in possession of violet H8504, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins [fn]dyed red or fine leather, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the [fn]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with [fn]skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet H8504, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

All the [fn]skillful people among those who were performing the work made the [fn]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [fn]violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, [fn]Bezalel made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - And he made loops of violet 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Moreover, he made the veil of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a curtain for the doorway of the tent, of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - Now the curtain of the gate of the courtyard was the work of the [fn]weaver, of [fn]violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the [fn]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a [fn]weaver in violet H8504, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 -

Now from the [fn]violet H8504, 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 the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads [fn]to be woven in with the violet H8504, the purple, and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the skillfully woven band of its overlay which was on it was like its workmanship, [fn]of the same material: of gold and of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

And he made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled embroiderer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 -

Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of violet H8504;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - And they made pomegranates of violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and violet H8504, purple, and scarlet material, the work of the [fn]weaver, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:31 - Then they [fn]fastened a violet H8504 cord to it, to [fn]fasten it on the turban above, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - and they shall place a covering of [fn]fine leather on it, and spread over it a cloth of pure [fn]violet H8504, and insert its carrying poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:7 - “Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of violet H8504 and put on it the dishes, the pans, the sacrificial bowls, and the jugs for the drink offering; and the continual bread shall be on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take a violet H8504 cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil containers, by which they attend to it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:11 - “Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet H8504 cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a violet H8504 cloth and cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on the carrying [fn]bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:38

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 [fn]violet H8504 thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet H8504 fabrics, one who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled workers [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

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, violet H8504, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to [fn]execute any design which is assigned to him, to work with your skilled workers and with [fn]those of my lord, your father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - He made the veil of violet H8504, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains of fine white and violet H8504 linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 -

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal robe of violet H8504 and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:9

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;

Their clothing is of violet H8504 and purple;

They are all the work of skilled people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 -

“Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt

So that it became your flag;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet H8504 and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
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