Strong’s H6648 · Hebrew

צֶבַע
tsebaʻ
tseh'-bah

Definition

a dye

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to dip (into coloring fluid);

How the KJV renders it

  • divers
  • colours

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.