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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3750 - כַּרְכֹּם

Transliteration

karkôm

Phonetics

kar-kome'

Root Word (Etymology)

probably of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

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

3028) m k r k (כרכמ KRKM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

c^m ) m f k r k (כרכומ KRKWM) - Saffron: KJV (1): saffron - Strongs: H3750 (כַּרְכֹּם)

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}.

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