Strong's Concordance karkom: saffron Original Word: כַּרְכֹּםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: karkom Phonetic Spelling: (kar-kome') Short Definition: saffron Brown-Driver-Briggs כַּרְכֹּם noun [masculine] saffron (crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative כִּרְכֵּם; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא,  Arabic  = κρόκος, crocus; LagGes. Abh. 58, No. 147; so also JHMordtsab Denkm. 83 f.; otherwise DHMib., who compare Sabean כמכם, Arabic  = Greek κάγκαμον); — Songs 4:14; on meaning see especially LöwNo. 162. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance saffron Probably of foreign origin; the crocus -- saffron. Forms and Transliterations וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם וכרכם vecharKom wə·ḵar·kōm wəḵarkōmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 37501 Occurrence wə·ḵar·kōm — 1 Occ. Songs 4:14 HEB: נֵ֣רְדְּ ׀ וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם קָנֶה֙ וְקִנָּמ֔וֹן NAS: Nard and saffron, calamus KJV: Spikenard and saffron; calamus INT: Nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon |
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