Karpas כַּרְפַּס
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| כַּרְפַּס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | karpas |
| Strong's number | H3768 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fine linen |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Karpas (Hebrew כַּרְפַּס, Strong's H3768) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fine linen”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
Definition
cotton or fine linen
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | green (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | linen (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Karpas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 1:6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).