ʼargᵉvân — H711

Definition

masculine noun

purple

1. purple, red-purple

Usually translated as

purple

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H710

• ʼargᵉvân (H710)

Occurrences

ʼargᵉvân occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (3)

• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet (אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א), and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet (אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א), and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:29 — Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet (אַרְגְּוָנָ֔א), and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.