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blue

Meaning of “blue”

Sense 1: The colour called blue. Sense 2: Material, thread, or clothing of that colour.

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50 occurrences49 verses6 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 25:4

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Exodus 28:28
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:28 · retained source text

And they shall bind the brestplate by the rings thereof, vnto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of blewe, that it may be aboue the curious girdle of the Ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the Ephod.

Exodus 28:33
¶ 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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:33 · retained source text

¶ And beneath vpon the hemme of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blew, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hemme thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about.

1611 marginal noteOr, skirts.

Exodus 28:37
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:37 · retained source text

And thou shalt put it on a blewe lace, that it may be vpon the miter; vpon the forefront of the miter it shall be.

Exodus 35:23
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:23 · retained source text

And euery man with whom was found blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linnen, and goates haire, and red skinnes of rammes, and badgers skinnes, brought them.

Exodus 35:25
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:25 · retained source text

And all the women that were wise hearted, did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blew, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linnen.

Exodus 35:35
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:35 · retained source text

Them hath hee filled with wisedome of heart, to worke all manner of worke, of the ingrauer, and of the cunning workeman, and of the embroiderer, in blew, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linnen, and of the weauer, euen of them that doe any worke, and of those that deuise cunning worke.

Exodus 36:8
¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 36:8 · retained source text

¶ And euery wise hearted man, among them that wrought the worke of the Tabernacle, made ten curtaines, of fine twined linnen, and blew, and purple, and scarlet: with Cherubims of cunning worke made he them.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.3,4.

Exodus 36:11
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 36:11 · retained source text

And he made loopes of blew, on the edge of one curtaine, from the seluedge in the coupling: likewise hee made in the vttermost side of another curtaine, in the coupling of the second.

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