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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 18
    spellings

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.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

אַרְבַּעarbafourUses318
אַרְבָּעִיםarbaimfortyUses136
אַרְמוֹןarmoncitadel: palaceUses32
אַרְבֶּהarbehlocustUses24
אַרְיֵהaryehlionUses10
אַרְבַּעarbafourUses8
אַרְכִּיArkiArchiteUses6
אַרְגָּזargazboxUses3
אַרְגְּוָןargevanpurpleUses3
אַרְכָּאarkalengtheningUses2
אַרְוָדִיArvadiArvaditeUses2
אַרְנֶבֶתarnebethhareUses2

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;

    Exodus 25:4

    • 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.

    Exodus 26:1

    • 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.

    Exodus 26:31

    • 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.

    Exodus 26:36

    • 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.

    Exodus 27:16

    • וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
  • They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

    Exodus 28:5

    • 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.

    Exodus 28:6

    • 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.

    Exodus 28:8

    • 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.

    Exodus 28:15

    • 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,

    Exodus 28:33

    • וְאַרְגָּמָן֙veargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple
  • blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

    Exodus 35:6

    • 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.

    Exodus 35:23

    • 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.

    Exodus 35:25

    • 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.

    Exodus 35:35

    • 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.

    Exodus 36:8

    • 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.

    Exodus 36:35

    • 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,

    Exodus 36:37

    • 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,

    Exodus 38:18

    • 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.

    Exodus 38:23

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:1

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:2

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:3

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:5

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:8

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:24

    • 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.

    Exodus 39:29

    • 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,

    Numbers 4:13

    • 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.

    Judges 8:26

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 2:14

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 3:14

    • 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.

    Esther 1:6

    • 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.

    Esther 8:15

    • וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ןveargamanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and purple

Proverbs

one use
  • She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

    Proverbs 31:22

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 3:10

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 7:5

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 10:9

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 27:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 27:16

    • 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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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