Lexicon :: Strong's H3768 - karpas

כַּרְפַּס
Transliteration
karpas
Pronunciation
kar-pas'
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 fine linen; hence also κάρπασος, carbasus, Arabic Talmud כָּרְמְּסָא; compare LagArm. Stud. § 1148); — וּתְכֵלֶת חוּר כ׳ Esther 1:6 ( καρπασίνοις): compare Cels.Hierob. ii. 157 ff.
[כָּרַר] verb √ of following (Late Hebrew כִּרְכֵּר use circumlocution; . plural כִּרְכְּרָן dances; Arabic return, repeat, attack anew, advance and retreat; id.; II. whirl about; originally perhaps move around, then surround, enclose, recur, etc.; Ethiopic turn a mill, only participle; see rotate, revolve, roll, and derivatives Di838f.); — only
Pilp., Participle מְכַרְכֵּר dancing (literally whirling) 2 Samuel 6:14, 16 (|| מְפַזֵּז).
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2 Samuel

6:14; 6:16

Esther

1:6