Purple — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Highly prized dye extracted from sea snails. Purple was used for dyeing fabrics in the tabernacle and making the clothes of wealthy people (Ex 25:4; Jgs 8:26).

Show passage in OET: EXO 25:4

OET-RV EXO 25:4

4 as well as yarn dyed blue, purple, or crimson, plus finely-spun linen and spun goat hair,

OET-LV EXO 25:4

4 And_violet _stuff and_purple and_scarlet _stuff _of scarlet and_fine _linen and_goat _hair(s).

Show passage in OET: JDG 8:26

OET-RV JDG 8:26

26 Now the weight of the gold earrings of gold came to twenty kilograms, and then there were the crescent-shaped ornaments, the pendants, the dyed purple garments that the Midyanite kings had been wearing, as well as the collars that had been around their camels’ necks.

OET-LV JDG 8:26

26 And_he/it _was the _weight _of the _earrings _of the_gold which he _asked _for one _thousand and_seven hundred(s) gold apart_apart from the_ornaments and_the_pendants and_the _garments _of (the)_purple which_were_on the _kings _of Midyān and_apart from the_necklaces which were_on_the _necks _of their _camels _of_their.

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