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Purple

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(אִרְגָּמָן, aryaman, from the Sanscrit raga, red; see (esen. Thes. s.v.; Chald. אִרְגְּוָן, ayrevdn, from the same root, in 2 Chronicles 2:7; Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:16; Daniel 5:29; Sept. and Greek Test. πορφύρα; Vulg. purpura) occurs in <