Colors
16 references
- Symbolical uses of
- BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY Job 3:5; 10:20-22; 30:26; Ps. 107:10,11; 143:3; Isa. 5:30; 8:22; 9:19; 24:11; 50:3; Joel 2:6,10; 3:14,15; Amos 5:8; Nah. 2:10; Zeph. 1:14,15; Matt. 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:13; Rev. 16:10
- BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY Exod. 24:10; 25:3,4; 26:1; 28:28,37; 38:18; 39:1-5,21,24,29,31; Num. 4:5-12; 15:38-40; 2 Chr. 2:7,14; 3:14; Jer. 10:9; Ezek. 1:26; 10:1
- For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON
- SYMBOL OF ROYALTY Esth. 8:15; Ezek. 23:6
- See CRIMSON, below
- CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS
- Of iniquity Isa. 1:18; Rev. 17:3,4; 18:12,16
- Of royalty Judg. 8:26; Dan. 5:7,16,29; Matt. 27:28
- Prosperity 2 Sam. 1:24; Prov. 31:21; Lam. 4:5
- Conquest Nah. 2:3; Rev. 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 Exod. 25:3-5; 26:1,14,31,36; 36:8,19,35,37; 27:16; 28:4-8,15,31,33; 35:5-7,23,25,35; 38:18,23; 39:2,3,5,29; Lev. 14:4,6,49,51,52; Num. 4:7,8,13; 19:2,5,6; Isa. 63:1-3; Heb. 9:19-23
- WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS
- The high priest's holy garments were made of white linen Lev. 16:4,32
- Choir singers were arrayed in white 2 Chr. 5:12
- SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL Ps. 51:7; Eccl. 9:8; Isa. 1:18; Dan. 7:9; 11:35; 12:10; Matt. 17:1,2; 28:2,3; Mark 9:3; Rev. 1:13,14; 2:17; 3:4,5,18; 4:4; 6:2,11; 7:9,13,14; 15:6; 19:8,11,14; 20:11
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.