אַרְגְּוָן
argvan · purple
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H711 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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argvan (אַרְגְּוָן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “purple”.
(Aramaic): cloth of the costly purple color, a sign of rank.
How to say it
arg·van
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Red-violet cloth worn by kings.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Daniel 5:7
The king called out with strength to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who reads this writing and declares to me its interpretation will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on his neck, and as third in the kingdom he will rule.”
- Daniel 5:16
But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”
- Daniel 5:29
Then Belshazzar gave the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold on his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he would be ruler as third in the kingdom.