STRONGS NUMBER H713

H713. argaman

אַרְגָּמָן‎ noun [masculine] purple, red-purple, i.e. purple thread & cloth (Assyrian argamannu COT Exodus 25:4, Arabic , Aramaic , compare אַרְגְּוָן‎ above; etymology dubious; possibly Sanskrit râgaman, adjective red, reddish, from râga, red colour, so Benary compare Thes Add¹¹¹ Rob-Ges; see MV; Thes earlier, from רגם‎; but probably loan-word, compare also Lag^{BN 205}; Persian is also cited by PS) — form always as above —

1 purple thread, compare especially Exodus 35:25; 39:3; Esther 1:6;

a. mostly Exodus (P) with reference to the hangings of tabernacle, the ephod, etc.; seldom alone; with תְּכֵלֶת‎, violet (q. v.), שָׁנִי תּוֺלַעַת‎, (מָשְׁזָב‎) שֵׁשׁ‎, (also עִזִּים‎) Exodus 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36; 27:16; 35:8, 25, 35; 36:8, 35, 37; 38:18, 23; 39:24 (on text see Di) 39:29; with these + זָהָב‎ 28:5-6, 8, 15; 39:2; 39:3; 39:5; 39:8; omitted מ ׳שֵׁשׁ‎ 28:33; 39:1; also of temple-hangings, with בּוּץ תְּכֵלֶת,‎ & כַּרְמִיל‎2 Chronicles 3:14; compare 2:13 (see also 2:6 see below אַרְגְּוָן‎).

b. as indicating wealth & luxury of Tyre, c. תְּכֵלֶת רִקְמָה, שֵׁשׁ,‎ Ezekiel 27:7; with רִקְמָה‎ & בּוּץ‎ 27:16 (as articles of commerce); also in Persia, with בּוּץ‎ Esther 1:6.

2 purple cloth, chiefly of garments, א ׳בֶּגֶד‎ Numbers 4:13; Judges 8:26; וְא בּוּץ ׳וְתַכְרִיךְ‎ Esther 8:15, וְא ׳שֵׁשׁ לְבוּשָׁהּ‎ Proverbs 31:22; וְא ׳תְּכֵלָת לְבוּשָׁם‎ Jeremiah 10:9; also א ׳מֶרְכָּבוֺ‎ Cant 3:10; in simile, of woman's hair Cant 7:6.