King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H710
Transliteration: argevan
Phonetic Spelling: (arg-ev-awn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: purple
Meaning: purple
Word Summary
argevan: purple
Original Word: אַרְגְּוָןTransliteration: argevan
Phonetic Spelling: (arg-ev-awn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: purple
Meaning: purple
Strong's Concordance
purple A variation for 'argaman; purple -- purple.
see HEBREW 'argaman
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H710. argevan
אַרְגְּוָן noun [masculine] purple (of Aramaic form, compare Hebrew below; perhaps text error) = purple thread2 Chronicles 2:6 (+ וּתְכֵלֶת כַּרְמִיל), compare 2:13; 3:14 below אַרְגָּמָן.
[אַרְגְּוָן] noun masculine purple, red-purple (Biblical Hebrew id., אַרְגָּמָן); — emphatic אַרְגְּוָנָא Daniel 5:7, 17, 29.