how many times is the color purple mentioned in the bible?

Answer 1

It's mentioned 51 times in the New International Version (NIV), 53 times in the New American Standard Version (NASV), and 47 times in the New Living Translation.

Answer 2

48 times. I looked it up in my concordance, but I didn't go into depth like the other one did.

Answer 3

Ask Oprah!

Answer 4

51 times.

Why do you ask?

Answer 5

purple ? i'm sorry.

Answer 6

You can do a similar search in other versions, Strongs and Young's are the most well known Exhaustive Concordances

Try also similar colors: Scarlet, violet. What you are looking for is the dye produced from the Murex shellfish in the ancient world. God bless!

KJV English Concordance for "purple"
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purple occurs 48 times in 48 verses: Page 1, verses 1 - 25
Exd 25:4 And blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08438 08144, and fine linen 08336, and goats 05795' [hair],
Exd 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make 06213 the tabernacle 04908 [with] ten 06235 curtains 03407 [of] fine twined 07806 linen 08336, and blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438: [with] cherubims 03742 of cunning 02803 work 04639 shalt thou make 06213 them.
Exd 26:31 And thou shalt make 06213 a vail 06532 [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336 of cunning 02803 work 04639: with cherubims 03742 shall it be made 06213 :
Exd 26:36 And thou shalt make 06213 an hanging 04539 for the door 06607 of the tent 0168, [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08438 08144, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336, wrought 04639 with needlework 07551 .
Exd 27:16 And for the gate 08179 of the court 02691 [shall be] an hanging 04539 of twenty 06242 cubits 0520, [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336, wrought with needlework 07551 04639: [and] their pillars 05982 [shall be] four 0702, and their sockets 0134 four 0702.
Exd 28:5 And they shall take 03947 gold 02091, and blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine linen 08336.
Exd 28:6 And they shall make 06213 the ephod 0646 [of] gold 02091, [of] blue 08504, and [of] purple 0713, [of] scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336, with cunning 02803 work 04639.
Exd 28:8 And the curious girdle 02805 of the ephod 0642, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work 04639 thereof; [even of] gold 02091, [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336.
Exd 28:15 And thou shalt make 06213 the breastplate 02833 of judgment 04941 with cunning 02803 work 04639; after the work 04639 of the ephod 0646 thou shalt make 06213 it; [of] gold 02091, [of] blue 08504, and [of] purple 0713, and [of] scarlet 08144 08438, and [of] fine twined 07806 linen 08336, shalt thou make 06213 it.
Exd 28:33 And [beneath] upon the hem 07757 of it thou shalt make 06213 pomegranates 07416 [of] blue 08504, and [of] purple 0713, and [of] scarlet 08144 08438, round about 05439 the hem 07757 thereof; and bells 06472 of gold 02091 between 08432 them round about 05439:
Exd 35:6 And blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine linen 08336, and goats 05795' [hair],
Exd 35:23 And every man 0376, with whom was found 04672 blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine linen 08336, and goats 05795' [hair], and red 0119 skins 05785 of rams 0352, and badgers 08476' skins 05785, brought 0935 [them].
Exd 35:25 And all the women 0802 that were wise 02450 hearted 03820 did spin 02901 with their hands 03027, and brought 0935 that which they had spun 04299, [both] of blue 08504, and of purple 0713, [and] of scarlet 08144 08438, and of fine linen 08336.
Exd 35:35 Them hath he filled 04390 with wisdom 02451 of heart 03820, to work 06213 all manner of work 04399, of the engraver 02796, and of the cunning workman 02803 , and of the embroiderer 07551 , in blue 08504, and in purple 0713, in scarlet 08144 08438, and in fine linen 08336, and of the weaver 0707 , [even] of them that do 06213 any 03605 work 04399, and of those that devise 02803 cunning work 04284.
Exd 36:8 And every wise 02450 hearted man 03820 among them that wrought 06213 the work 04399 of the tabernacle 04908 made 06213 ten 06235 curtains 03407 [of] fine twined 07806 linen 08336, and blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438: [with] cherubims 03742 of cunning 02803 work 04639 made 06213 he them.
Exd 36:35 And he made 06213 a vail 06532 [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336: [with] cherubims 03742 made 06213 he it of cunning 02803 work 04639.
Exd 36:37 And he made 06213 an hanging 04539 for the tabernacle 0168 door 06607 [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336, of needlework 07551 04639;
Exd 38:18 And the hanging 04539 for the gate 08179 of the court 02691 [was] needlework 07551 04639, [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336: and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 [was] the length 0753, and the height 06967 in the breadth 07341 [was] five 02568 cubits 0520, answerable 05980 to the hangings 07050 of the court 02691.
Exd 38:23 And with him [was] Aholiab 0171, son 01121 of Ahisamach 0294, of the tribe 04294 of Dan 01835, an engraver 02796, and a cunning workman 02803 , and an embroiderer 07551 in blue 08504, and in purple 0713, and in scarlet 08144 08438, and fine linen 08336.
Exd 39:1 And of the blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, they made 06213 cloths 0899 of service 08278, to do service 08334 in the holy 06944 [place], and made 06213 the holy 06944 garments 0899 for Aaron 0175; as the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 Moses 04872.
Exd 39:2 And he made 06213 the ephod 0646 [of] gold 02091, blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08438 08144, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336.
Exd 39:3 And they did beat 07554 the gold 02091 into 0854 thin plates 06341, and cut 07112 [it into] wires 06616, to work 06213 08432 [it] in the blue 08504, and in the purple 0713, and in the scarlet 08144 08438, and in the fine linen 08336, [with] cunning 02803 work 04639.
Exd 39:5 And the curious girdle 02805 of his ephod 0642, that [was] upon it, [was] of the same, according to the work 04639 thereof; [of] gold 02091, blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336; as the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 Moses 04872.
Exd 39:8 And he made 06213 the breastplate 02833 [of] cunning 02803 work 04639, like the work 04639 of the ephod 0646; [of] gold 02091, blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, and fine twined 07806 linen 08336.
Exd 39:24 And they made 06213 upon the hems 07757 of the robe 04598 pomegranates 07416 [of] blue 08504, and purple 0713, and scarlet 08144 08438, [and] twined 07806 [linen].
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