Thematic Bible: Blue: symbol of deity


Thematic Bible



Send me now therefore a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave with the skillful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. Verse ConceptsCrimsonBronzeengravingGoldIronMetalworkersSilverSkillWisdom, Human NatureGoldsmithsColors, BlueMen Workingartistscraftsmanship

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skillful men. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

And they bound the breast-plate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsCordsBlue Cords

Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of curious work shalt thou make them. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenClothArtColors, BlueLinenSkillCherubim, As DecorationsTen ThingsMaking The TabernacleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothLinen ItemsSkilled PeopleArt In The TabernacleBlue Purple And ScarletCherubim Depicted

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim upon it. Verse ConceptsCrimsonClothLinenMost Holy PlaceCherubim, As DecorationsColors, BlueBlue Purple And Scarlet

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness. Verse ConceptsFeetSkyTheophanyColors, BluePrecious StonesThose Who Saw GodPavementsClean ObjectsSky, Figurative UseJewellery And GodPurityThe Rainbow

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair.

And they shall bind the breast-plate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueJoining ThingsCordsBlue Cords

And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon the front of the miter it shall be. Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsCordsBlue CordsTurban And Caps

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the hight in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. Verse ConceptsembroideryColors, BlueGates Of The TempleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

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And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made clothes of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with curious work. read more.
They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. Verse ConceptsPomegranatesRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle-work; as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the miter; as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsCordsBlue Cords

And when the camp moveth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put on it the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staffs of it. And upon the table of show-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover with: and the continual bread shall be upon it. read more.
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staffs of it. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it: And they shall put it, and all its vessels, within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to it its staffs. And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar.

Speak to the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribin of blue: And it shall be to you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David thy father. Verse ConceptsCrimsonengraving

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGod, Sovereignty OfJewelsSymbolsTheophanyThronePrecious StonesGod In Relation To ManLike MenThe RainbowColor

Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueJewelsTheophanyThroneCherubim, At God's ThronePrecious StonesThe ExpanseExpanse [The Firmament]

Who were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. Verse ConceptsGovernorsBeauty, In MenColors, PurplePurple Clothes

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, and was glad: Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByLinenExcitementRich ApparelColors, BlueWhite ClothsBlue ClothPurple ClothesDistinctive ClothingRejoicing In Success