STRONGS H713:
Abbreviations
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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 Add
111 Rob-Ges; see MV; Thes earlier, from
רגם; but probably loan-word, compare also Lag
BN 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.
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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