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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3750 - כַּרְכֹּם
Transliteration
karkôm
Phonetics
kar-kome'
Root Word (Etymology)
probably of foreign origin
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1039
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) saffron
1a) an orange-yellow flower of the crocus family, used for flavouring
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Song of Solomon
1
NAS (1)
Song of Solomon
1
HCS (1)
Song of Solomon
1
BSB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
WEB (0)
WEB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
כַּרְכֹּם noun [masculine] saffron ( crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative כִּרְכֵּם; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא, Arabic = κρόκος, crocus; Lag Ges. Abh. 58, No. 147; so also JHMordt sab Denkm. 83f.; otherwise DHM ib., who compare Sabean כמכם, Arabic = Greek κάγκαμον); — Song of Solomon 4:14; on meaning see especially Löw No. 162.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
כַּרְכֹּם m. curcuma, crocus Indicus [“the crocus, whether the Indian or the common”], Song of Solomon 4:14 LXX. κρόκος. (Ch. כּוּרְכַּם, כּוּרְכְּמֶא crocus, כַּרְכֵּם to dye a crocus colour; Arabic كُرْكُمُ id.; Sanscrit kankom and kunkuma; Armen. khekhrym.)
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List of Word Forms
וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם וכרכם vecharKom wə·ḵar·kōm wəḵarkōm