Proverbs 31:22
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אֵטוּן
ʼêṭûwn
properly, twisted (yarn), i.e. tapestry
לְבוּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
אַרְגָּמָן
ʼargâmân
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
Key Terms in This Verse
לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
Study H3830 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside ...
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 purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced an...
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in t...
Related Passages
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit