What does אַרְגָּמָן (ʾarĕgāmān) mean in the Bible?
אַרְגָּמָן (ʾarĕgāmān): Purple dye signifying royalty, wealth, and sacred majesty in ancient Near Eastern contexts
Hebrew · H713
אַרְגָּמָן
Purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
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אַרְגָּמָן H713
Pronunciation ʾarĕgāmān
What does אַרְגָּמָן (ʾarĕgāmān) mean in the Bible?
אַרְגָּמָן (ʾarĕgāmān): Purple dye signifying royalty, wealth, and sacred majesty in ancient Near Eastern contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H713?
The BSB source-word alignment has 38 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include purple (29), and purple (3), a purple (1), and a purple (1), and purple [material] (1).
Where does אַרְגָּמָן (ʾarĕgāmān) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 25:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (26), 2 Chronicles (2), Esther (2), Ezekiel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It purple 29× Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36
and purple 3× Proverbs 31:22, Jeremiah 10:9, Ezekiel 27:7
a purple 1× Numbers 4:13
and a purple 1× Esther 8:15
and purple [material] 1× Esther 1:6
like purple [threads] 1× Song Of Solomon 7:5
of purple [fabric] 1× Song Of Solomon 3:10
the purple 1× Judges 8:26
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 25:4 וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 26:1 וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 26:31 וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 26:36 וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 27:16 וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:5 הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ן to purple Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:6 וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:8 וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:15 וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:33 וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ to purple Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 25:4
Aligned rows 38
Books represented 9
Exodus 26 Numbers 1 Judges 1 2 Chronicles 2 Esther 2 Proverbs 1 Song Of Solomon 2 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 2
Source forms
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן 14x wə·’ar·gā·mān Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 28:8
וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ 4x wə·’ar·gā·mān Exodus 26:1, Exodus 28:33, Exodus 36:8, Jeremiah 10:9
וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן 3x wə·’ar·gā·mān Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:6, Exodus 28:15
הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן 2x hā·’ar·gā·mān Exodus 35:25, Exodus 39:3
וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן 2x wə·’ar·gā·mān Exodus 39:24, 2 Chronicles 3:14
אַרְגָּמָ֑ן 1x ’ar·gā·mān Song Of Solomon 3:10
אַרְגָּמָ֨ן 1x ’ar·gā·mān Ezekiel 27:16
אַרְגָּמָֽן׃ 1x ’ar·gā·mān Numbers 4:13
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 24x Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36
Article | Noun - masculine singular 4x Exodus 28:5, Exodus 35:25, Exodus 39:3, Judges 8:26
Noun - masculine singular 3x Numbers 4:13, Song Of Solomon 3:10, Ezekiel 27:16
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Exodus 35:6, Exodus 35:23
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Exodus 35:35, Exodus 38:23
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Exodus 39:1
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 2 Chronicles 2:14
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Song Of Solomon 7:5
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Purple dye signifying royalty, wealth, and sacred majesty in ancient Near Eastern contexts
Source Gloss
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Purple dye signifying royalty, wealth, and sacred majesty in ancient Near Eastern contexts
purple (the color or the dyed stuff) BDB: purple Usage: purple.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
luxurious fabric worn as clothing, signifying wealth and status
Showing 1 selected witness from 38 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
אַרְגָּמָן is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain