Hebrew noun (masculine) · H713
אַרְגָּמָן
argamanar-gaw-mawn'
purple
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼargâmân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H713is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H713
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
The King James renders it: purple.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
argaman is rendered "purple". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Twenty-six of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
Exodus 25:4וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-six of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and purple26
- the purple4
- and in the purple2
- and the purple1
- in the purple1
- like the purple wool1
- purple1
- purple cloth1
- purple wool1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַרְבַּע | arba | four | Uses318 |
| אַרְבָּעִים | arbaim | forty | Uses136 |
| אַרְמוֹן | armon | citadel: palace | Uses32 |
| אַרְבֶּה | arbeh | locust | Uses24 |
| אַרְיֵה | aryeh | lion | Uses10 |
| אַרְבַּע | arba | four | Uses8 |
| אַרְכִּי | Arki | Archite | Uses6 |
| אַרְגָּז | argaz | box | Uses3 |
| אַרְגְּוָן | argevan | purple | Uses3 |
| אַרְכָּא | arka | lengthening | Uses2 |
| אַרְוָדִי | Arvadi | Arvadite | Uses2 |
| אַרְנֶבֶת | arnebeth | hare | Uses2 |
and 8 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן14
- וְאַרְגָּמָן֙4
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן3
- הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן2
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן2
- אַרְגָּמָ֑ן1
- אַרְגָּמָ֨ן1
- אַרְגָּמָֽן׃1
- בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ן1
- הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ן1
- הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ן1
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֣ן1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular24HC/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
Exodus
twenty-six uses
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- וְאַרְגָּמָן֙veargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
- הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ןhaargamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the purple
They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
- וְאַרְגָּמָן֙veargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and purple
Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and purple
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
- הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ןhaargamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the purple
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.
- וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֗ןuvaargamanconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the purple
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- וְאַרְגָּמָן֙veargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
- וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ןuvaargamanconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the purple
From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙vehaargamanconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the purple
Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
- הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ןhaargamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the purple
And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Numbers
one use
Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
- אַרְגָּמָֽן׃ʾargamannoun · masculine singulartagged: purple cloth
Judges
one use
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
- הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ןhaargamanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the purple
2 Chronicles
two uses
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
- בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ןbaargamanpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the purple
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Esther
two uses
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Proverbs
one use
She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֣ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Song of Solomon
two uses
He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
- אַרְגָּמָ֑ןʾargamannoun · masculine singulartagged: purple wool
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
- כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ןkaargamanpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the purple wool
Jeremiah
one use
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
- וְאַרְגָּמָן֙veargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Ezekiel
two uses
Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
- וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
- אַרְגָּמָ֨ןʾargamannoun · masculine singulartagged: purple
The letters
Gematria 294· 944 mispar gadol
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
