Cloth that has been colored by humans, often highly valued.
About Dyed Cloth
Dye was a substance used to color materials, especially textiles. Dyes came from minerals, plants, insects (for example, all those based on the Hebrew root tla‘ were from a small worm), and sea animals (in particular, certain mollusks).
Key References
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
All Scripture References (8)
Exodus (6)
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
Judges (1)
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
Nahum (1)
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.