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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Being of a bright saffron like color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

2. (n.) A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

3. (n.) A yellow pigment.

4. (v. t.) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

5. (v. i.) To become yellow or yellower.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

YELLOW

yel'-o.

See COLORS.

Greek

5555. chrusolithos -- a chrysolite (a yellow gem)
... a chrysolite (a yellow gem). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
chrusolithos Phonetic Spelling: (khroo-sol'-ee-thos) Short Definition: a topaz ...
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5556. chrusoprasos -- a chrysoprase (a greenish-yellow gem)
... a chrysoprase (a greenish-yellow gem). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
chrusoprasos Phonetic Spelling: (khroo-sop'-ras-os) Short Definition: a ...
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5474. chalkolibanon -- chalcolibanus (fine copper, bronze or brass ...
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: chalkolibanon Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kol-ib'-an-
on) Short Definition: orichalcum, or frankincense of a yellow color Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6669. tsahob -- gleaming, yellow
... 6668, 6669. tsahob. 6670 . gleaming, yellow. Transliteration: tsahob Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-obe') Short Definition: yellowish. ... yellow. ...
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8658. tarshish -- (a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper
... 8657, 8658. tarshish. 8659 . (a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper.
Transliteration: tarshish Phonetic Spelling: (tar-sheesh') Short Definition: beryl. ...
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3420. yeraqon -- mildew, paleness, lividness
... greenish, yellow. From yereq; paleness, whether of persons (from fright), or of
plants (from drought) -- greenish, yellow. see HEBREW yereq. 3419, 3420. ...
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2091. zahab -- gold
... From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored
(ie Yellow), as oil, a clear sky -- gold(-en), fair weather. 2090, 2091. ...
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2061. zeeb -- a wolf
... wolf (4), wolves (3). wolf. From an unused root meaning to be yellow; a wolf --
wolf. 2060, 2061. zeeb. 2062 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Mildness of the Yellow Press
... VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press. There is a ... has fatigued. This press
is not the yellow press at all; it is the drab press. Sir ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/viii the mildness of the.htm

The Church of Notre Dame De Lorette in Paris with Its Yellow ...
... XIII. The Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris with its yellow stucco
columns� The Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xiii the church of notre.htm

Popular Science, Like that of Mr. ...
... simplicity, explained to millions of clerks and workingmen that the mother is like
a bottle of blue beads and the father is like a bottle of yellow beads; and ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 29 popular science like.htm

Against Embellishing the Body.
... on. The woman who dyes her hair yellow, Menander the comic poet expels from
the house:". ... chaste. Woman ought to make her hair yellow,". ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm

Mr. Bernard Shaw
... Ordinary sensible phraseology sometimes calls black white, it certainly
calls yellow white and green white and reddish-brown white. ...
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I Will Take one Case that Will Serve Both as Symbol and Example...
... blue, that greener green." There is no blue much bluer than Reckitt's Blue and no
blacking blacker than Day and Martin's; no more emphatic yellow than that of ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 35 i will take.htm

The Apple Trees
... And though all the apples might look fine and sweet, and ripe and yellow, so that
to you they were all alike, as long as you only saw them lying there, yet if ...
/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xix the apple trees.htm

Port of Spain
... as Port of Spain"the suburbs especially" smells as it does after sundown every evening,
so long will an occasional outbreak of cholera or yellow fever hint ...
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Joseph the Dreamer.
... Now Jacob showed his special love for Joseph by making him a coat of many
colours"a long tunic with stripes of red, green, blue, and yellow, having a ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/joseph the dreamer.htm

The Child Moses.
... up to the temple roof to beat the brass gong and chant their hymn to the morning,
the poor Hebrews flocked in thousands out of their little yellow huts, to do ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/the child moses.htm

Thesaurus

Yellow (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A yellow pigment. 4. (vt) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge
or color; to dye yellow. 5. (vi) To become yellow or yellower. Int. ...
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Saffron (1 Occurrence)
... zafran (ie, "yellow"), mentioned only in Cant. ... 1. (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant
(Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus. ...
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Yellowish (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish
color. Multi-Version Concordance Yellowish (3 Occurrences). ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red,
and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. ...
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Gold (429 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Hebrews zahab, so called from its yellow
colour (Exodus 25:11; 1 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 3:5). ...
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Itch (11 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance
is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then ...
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Mildew (26 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow, "
yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering ...
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Brown (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) of a dark color, of various shades
between black and red or yellow. 2. (n.) A dark color ...
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Scall (9 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the ...
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Sulphur (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily
Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is ...
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Bible Concordance

Yellow (6 Occurrences)

Revelation 9:17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
(WEB WEY NIV)

Leviticus 13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:36 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 1:6 There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
(WEB ASV BBE)

Psalms 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
(KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Yellow

Related Terms

Saffron (1 Occurrence)

Yellowish (3 Occurrences)

Marble (5 Occurrences)

Gold (429 Occurrences)

Itch (11 Occurrences)

Mildew (26 Occurrences)

Brown (5 Occurrences)

Scall (9 Occurrences)

Sulphur (7 Occurrences)