STRONGS NUMBER H3750

H3750. karkom

כַּרְכֹּם‎ noun [masculine] saffron (crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative כִּרְכֵּם‎; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא‎, Arabic = κρόκος, crocus; Lag^{Ges. Abh. 58, No. 147}; so also JHMordt^{sab Denkm. 83 f.}; otherwise DHM^ib., who compare Sabean כמכם‎, Arabic = Greek κάγκαμον); — Song of Solomon 4:14; on meaning see especially Löw^{No. 162}.