H713

אַרְגָּמָן

ʼargâmân · ar-gaw-mawn'

purple (the color or the dyed stuff)

Lexicon

Derivation: of foreign origin;

purple (the color or the dyed stuff)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: purple.

Letters

אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
Concrete
staff · throw stick · camel · foot
Extended
to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing

Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְגָּמָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and purple26 · 68%
and of purple4 · 11%
and in purple2 · 5%
and in the purple1 · 3%
a purple1 · 3%
in purple1 · 3%
of it of purple1 · 3%
like purple1 · 3%
purple1 · 3%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן14וְאַרְגָּמָן֙4וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן3וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן2הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן2הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ן1וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙1וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן1כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן1וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן1וְאַרְגָּמָ֣ן1אַרְגָּמָֽן׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.