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Strong's H713 אַרְגָּמָן (argaman)

Argaman means “purple” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G713 — arketos (“enough”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H713
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 38
Books 9

Strong's H713 Quick Answer

Strong's H713 אַרגָּמָן (argaman) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. argaman (ar-gaw-mawn') n-m. 1. purple (the color or the dyed stuff) [of foreign origin] It has 38 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include purple. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
argaman (ar-gaw-mawn') n-m. 1. purple (the color or the dyed stuff) [of foreign origin]
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
purple

Meaning and Definition

argaman (ar-gaw-mawn') n-m. 1. purple (the color or the dyed stuff) [of foreign origin] KJV: purple.

Original Word
אַרגָּמָן
Transliteration
argaman
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H713. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H713 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render argaman, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

purple Exodus 25:4 38×

How Strong's H713 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H713 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H713 in the Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 25:4 KJV

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Exodus 26:1 KJV

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

Exodus 26:31 KJV

And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H713.

Exodus 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Exodus 26:31 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 26:36 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus 28:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus 28:33 Old Testament, KJV
And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
Exodus 35:6 Old Testament, KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Exodus 35:25 Old Testament, KJV
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exodus 35:35 Old Testament, KJV
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exodus 36:35 Old Testament, KJV
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Exodus 36:37 Old Testament, KJV
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exodus 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exodus 38:23 Old Testament, KJV
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 39:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 39:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Exodus 39:29 Old Testament, KJV
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Judges 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
2 Chronicles 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
2 Chronicles 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Esther 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Esther 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Proverbs 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Song of Solomon 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Jeremiah 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
Ezekiel 27:7 Old Testament, KJV
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Ezekiel 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H713, grouped by book.

Exodus 26 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H713 FAQ

What does argaman (אַרְגָּמָן) mean?

Argaman (Strong's H713) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "purple". argaman (ar-gaw-mawn') n-m. 1. purple (the color or the dyed stuff) [of foreign origin]

How many times is argaman (אַרְגָּמָן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's H713 across 9 books.

Where can I study argaman (אַרְגָּמָן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H713 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate argaman (אַרְגָּמָן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as purple. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.