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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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First occurrence: Exodus 25:4

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Judges 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
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1611 witness · Judges 8:26 · retained source text

And the weight of the golden eare-rings that hee requested, was a thousand and seuen hundred shekels of gold, beside ornaments, and collars, & purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chaines that were about their camels necks.

1611 marginal noteOr, sweete iewels.

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