תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet

Hebrew word for “blue” · Strong’s H8504 · used 49 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

1) violet, violet stuff;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tekhelet in context, with how often each is used:

• violet stuff 41
• violet 4
• blue 3
• violet material 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 39 (10), Exodus 28 (8), Numbers 4 (5), Exodus 26 (4), Exodus 35 (4), Exodus 36 (4), Exodus 38 (2), 2 Chronicles 2 (2), Ezekiel 27 (2), Exodus 25 (1)

Forms

• תכלת 35
• ותכלת 7
• התכלת 4
• בתכלת 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tekhelet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַרְגָּמָן argaman “purple” 32
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 26
• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 26
• שֵׁשׁ shesh “linen” 25
• שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 16
• מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 17
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 15
• חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 11
• רָקַם raqam “to weave” 7
• אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 8
• פָּתִיל patil “cord” 6
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 7

Key verses

The verses using tekhelet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
• Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
• Exodus 26:36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
• Exodus 28:15 — And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of…
• Exodus 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of…
• Exodus 35:35 — Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in…
• Exodus 36:8 — And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with…
• Exodus 39:1 — And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD…
• 2 Chronicles 2:7 — Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to…
• Esther 8:15 — And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and…
• Jeremiah 10:9 — Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their…
• Ezekiel 27:7 — Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.