HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6648
צֶ֫בַע
tse.va — dye
dye, dyed stuff, something dyed, coloured cloth Also means: tse.va (צְבַע "to drench" H6647)
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Dye
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H352
אַ֫יִל
a.yil — ram
1) ram 1a) ram (as food) 1b) ram (as sacrifice) 1c) ram (skin dyed red, for tabernacle)
139 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8438
תּוֹלָע
to.la — worm
1) worm, scarlet stuff, crimson 1a) worm-the female 'coccus ilicis' 1b) scarlet stuff, crimson, scarlet 1b1) the dye made from the dried body of the female of the worm "coccus ilicis" Also means: to.le.ah (תּוֹלֵעָה "worm" H8438B)
43 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8144
שָׁנִי
sha.ni — scarlet
1) scarlet, crimson 1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson
42 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H119
אָדֹם
a.dam — to redden
1) to be red, red 1a) (Qal) ruddy (of Nazarites) 1b) (Pual) 1b1) to be rubbed red 1b2) dyed red 1b3) reddened 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to show red 1c2) to glare 1c3) to emit (show) redness 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to redden 1d2) to grow red 1d3) to look red
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3392
μιαίνω
miainō — to stain
μιαίνω [in LXX chiefly for טָמֵא ;] 1. to dye or stain. 2. to stain, defile, soil; (a) in physical sense; (b) in moral sense : Tit.1:15, Heb.12:15, Ju 8; (with) in ritual sense (cf. Lev.22:5, al.): Jhn.18:28.† SYN.: μολύνω, to besmear, which also differs from μ. in that it is never used, as μ. in its primary meaning, in an honourable sense (cf. Tr., Syn., § xxxi) (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4209
πορφύρα
porphura — purple cloth
πορφύρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX for אַרְגָּמָן, אַרְגְּוָן ;] 1. the purple fish (cf. 1Ma.4:23). 2. purple dye. 3. Later, = πορφυρίς, a purple garment: Mrk.15:17, 20, Luk.16:19, Rev.18:12.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G911
βάπτω
baptō — to dip
βάπτω, [in LXX chiefly for טבל ;] (a) to dip: Luk.16:24, Jhn.13:26 (ἐμβ-, L); (b) to dip in dye, to dye: Rev.19:13 (Rec.; ῥεραντισμένον, WH; περιρεραμμένον, T; ῥεραμμένον, Swete, in l., which see). † (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6651
βάμμα
bamma — a dye
that in which a thing is dipped, dye , (Plato Philosophus), see. βάπτω I. 3. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7509
ἐρύθημα
eruthēma — red dye
a redness on the skin , (Thucydides); ἐρ. προσώπου a blush , (Euripides):—;absolute redness , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7510
ἐρυθροδανόω
eruthrodanoō — to dye red
to dye red
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8600
παραβαπτός
parabaptos — deeply dyed
deeply dyed
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The art of dyeing is one of great antiquity, although no special mention is made of it in the Old Testament. The Hebrews probably learned it from the Egyptians (see Ex. 26:1; 28:5-8), who brought it to great perfection. In New Testament times Thyatira was famed for its dyers (Acts 16:14). (See COLOUR.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.