Colors
Colors [S]
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Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Colors'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- Symbolical uses of
- BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY
Job 3:5 ; 10:20-22 ; 30:26 ; Psalms 107:10 Psalms 107:11 ; 143:3 ; Isaiah 5:30 ; 8:22 ; 9:19 ; 24:11 ; 50:3 ; Joel 2:6 Joel 2:10 ; Joel 3:14 Joel 3:15 ; Amos 5:8 ; Nahum 2:10 ; Zephaniah 1:14 Zephaniah 1:15 ; Matthew 8:12 ; 22:13 ; 25:30 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; Jude 1:13 ; Revelation 16:10 - BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY
Exodus 24:10 ; Exodus 25:3 Exodus 25:4 ; 26:1 ; Exodus 28:28 Exodus 28:37 ; 38:18 ; Exodus 39:1-5 Exodus 39:21 Exodus 39:24 Exodus 39:29 Exodus 39:31 ; Numbers 4:5-12 ; 15:38-40 ; 2 Chronicles 2:7 2 Chronicles 2:14 ; 3:14 ; Jeremiah 10:9 ; Ezekiel 1:26 ; 10:1- For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON
- SYMBOL OF ROYALTY
Esther 8:15 ; Ezekiel 23:6 - See CRIMSON, below
- CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS
- Of iniquity
Isaiah 1:18 ; Revelation 17:3 Revelation 17:4 ; Revelation 18:12 Revelation 18:16 - Of royalty
Judges 8:26 ; Daniel 5:7 Daniel 5:16 Daniel 5:29 ; Matthew 27:28 - Prosperity
2 Samuel 1:24 ; Proverbs 31:21 ; Lamentations 4:5 - Conquest
Nahum 2:3 ; Revelation 12:3 - These colors figured largely in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement
Exodus 25:3-5 ; Exodus 26:1 Exodus 26:14 Exodus 26:31 Exodus 26:36 ; Exodus 36:8 Exodus 36:19 Exodus 36:35 Exodus 36:37 ; 27:16 ; Exodus 28:4-8 Exodus 28:15 Exodus 28:31 Exodus 28:33 ; Exodus 35:5-7 Exodus 35:23 Exodus 35:25 Exodus 35:35 ; Exodus 38:18 Exodus 38:23 ; Exodus 39:2 Exodus 39:3 Exodus 39:5 Exodus 39:29 ; Leviticus 14:4 Leviticus 14:6 Leviticus 14:49 Leviticus 14:51 Leviticus 14:52 ; Numbers 4:7 Numbers 4:8 Numbers 4:13 ; Numbers 19:2 Numbers 19:5 Numbers 19:6 ; Isaiah 63:1-3 ; Hebrews 9:19-23
- WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS
- The high priests holy garments were made of white linen
Leviticus 16:4 Leviticus 16:32 - Choir singers were arrayed in white
2 Chronicles 5:12
- The high priests holy garments were made of white linen
- SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL
Psalms 51:7 ; Ecclesiastes 9:8 ; Isaiah 1:18 ; Daniel 7:9 ; 11:35 ; 12:10 ; Matthew 17:1 Matthew 17:2 ; Matthew 28:2 Matthew 28:3 ; Mark 9:3 ; Revelation 1:13 Revelation 1:14 ; 2:17 ; Revelation 3:4 Revelation 3:5 Revelation 3:18 ; 4:4 ; Revelation 6:2 Revelation 6:11 ; Revelation 7:9 Revelation 7:13 Revelation 7:14 ; 15:6 ; Revelation 19:8 Revelation 19:11 Revelation 19:14 ; 20:11
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Colors'". "Nave's Topical Bible".