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purple

Meaning of “purple”

A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.

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48 occurrences48 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 25:4

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Exodus 25:4
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 25:4 · retained source text

And blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linnen, and goats haire:

1611 marginal noteOr, silke.

Exodus 26:1
MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
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1611 witness · Exodus 26:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer thou shalt make the Tabernacle with ten curtaines of fine twined linnen, and blew, and purple, and scarlet: with Cherubims of cunning worke shalt thou make them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the worke of a cunning workeman or Embroderer.

Exodus 26:31
¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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1611 witness · Exodus 26:31 · retained source text

¶ And thou shalt make a Uaile of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen of cunning worke: with Cherubims shall it be made.

Exodus 26:36
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
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1611 witness · Exodus 26:36 · retained source text

And thou shalt make an Hanging for the doore of the Tent, of blew, and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linnen, wrought with needle worke.

Exodus 27:16
¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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1611 witness · Exodus 27:16 · retained source text

¶ And for the gate of the Court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen, wrought with needle worke: and their pillars shall be foure, and their sockets foure.

Exodus 28:5
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:5 · retained source text

And they shall take gold, and blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linnen.

Exodus 28:6
¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:6 · retained source text

¶ And they shall make the Ephod of gold, of blew and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linnen, with cunning worke.

Exodus 28:8
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:8 · retained source text

And the curious girdle of the Ephod which is vpon it, shall bee of the same, according to the worke thereof, euen of gold, of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen.

1611 marginal noteOr, Imbroidered.

Exodus 28:15
¶ And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:15 · retained source text

¶ And thou shalt make the brestplate of Iudgement, with cunning worke, after the worke of the Ephod thou shalt make it: of gold, of blew, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linnen shalt thou make it.

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:
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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.

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