Blue
BLUE
See PURPLE.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
blue
A liturgical color , not in use throughout the Church according to Roman Ritual, but used in some places at certain times. It is the color specially associated with Our Lady and indicates constancy, fidelity, genuineness, and aspiration , being significant, in the Levitical system, of the air. In pre-Reformation England there was no general rule as to colors but blue was often used. The Exeter ordinal for 1327 prescribes blue for certain double feasts of saints. According to an inventory of Meaux Abbey , Yorkshire, 1396 , feasts of virgins not martyrs were kept in sky blue. Blue was one of the colors for confessors. In the 14th century at Wells blue was used in Advent and on Ash Wednesday . Inventories of 18 of the prebendal churches of Saint Paul’s taken in 1458 show that out of 18 churches 10 had blue vestments, and out of 83 suits 11 were blue. An inventory of Saint Dunstan’s, Canterbury , 1500 , includes a “best” vestment of blue. According to a decree of the Congregation of Rites, 12 February 1884 , by special indult some dioceses of Spain must use blue vestments instead of white on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, during its octave, and during the year whenever the Mass of the Immaculate Conception is said. Mexico has the same privilege and also Lourdes, France . In Colombia blue vestments were used by special privilege on the occasion of the Coronation of Our Lady of Chiquinquira at Bogota , to which city the statue was brought for the ceremony.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Blue
(, teke’leth), almost constantly associated with purple, occurs repeatedly in Exodus 25-39; also in Num 4:6-7; Num 4:9; Num 4:11-12; Num 15:38; 2Ch 2:7; 2Ch 2:14; 2Ch 3:14; Est 1:6; Est 8:15; Jer 10:9; Eze 23:6; Eze 27:7; Eze 27:24; Sept. generally , , and in Sir 40:4; Sir 45:10; 1Ma 4:23; and so Josephus, Philo, Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Vulgate, and Jerome. (In Est 1:6, the word translated ” blue” is the same elsewhere rendered ” linen.”) This color is supposed to have been obtained’ from a purple shell-fish of the Mediterranean, the conchylium of the ancients, the Helix ianthkna of Linnaeus (Syst. Nat. t. i, pt. 7:p. 3645; and see Forskal’s Descriptio Animal. p. 127), called chilzon () by the ancient Jews. Thus the Pseudo-Jonathan, in Deu 33:19, speaks of the Zebulonites, who dwelt at the shore of the great sea, and caught chilzon, with whose juice they dye thread of a hyacinthine color. The Scriptures afford no clew to this color; for the only passages in which it seems, in the English version, to be applied to something that might assist our conceptions are mistranslated, namely, “The blueness of a wound” (Pro 20:30), and “A blue mark upon him that is beaten” (Sir 23:10), there being no reference to color in the original of either. The word in the Sept. and Apocrypha refers to the hyacinth; but both the flower and stone so named by the ancients are disputed, especially the former. Yet it is used to denote dark-colored and deep purple.
Virgil speaks of ferrugineos hyacinthos, and Colunella compares the color of the flower to that of clotted blood, or deep, dusky red, like rust (De Re Rust. 10:305). Hesychius defines , , . It is plainly used in the Greek of Ecclus. xl, 4, for the royal purple. Josephus evidently takes the Hebrew word to mean sky-color;” for in explaining the colors of the vail of the Temple, and referring to the blue (Exo 26:31), he says that it represented the air or sky (War, v, 4); he similarly explains the vestment of the high-priest (Ant. 3:7, 7; and see Philo, Vita Mosis, 3:148; t. ii, ed. Mangey). These statements may be reconciled by the fact that, in proportion as the sky is clear and serene, it assumes a dark appearance, which is still more observable in an E stern climate. SEE PURPLE.
The chief references to this color in Scripture are as follows: The robe of the high-priest’s ephod was to be all of blue (Exo 28:31); so the loops of the curtains to the tabernacle (Exo 26:4); the ribbon for the breastplate (Exo 28:28), and for the plate for the mitre (Exo 28:37; comp. Sir 45:10); blue cloths for various sacred uses (Num 4:6-7; Num 4:9; Num 4:11-12) the people commanded to wear a ribbon of blue above the fringe of their garments (Num 15:38); it appears as a color of furniture in the palace of Ahasuerus (Est 1:6), and part of the royal apparel (Est 8:15); array of the idols of Babylon (Jer 10:9); of the Assyrian nobles, etc. (Ezra 23:6; see Braunius, De Vestitu, i, 9 and 13; Bochart, 3:670). SEE COLOR.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Blue (2)
(, teke’leth), almost constantly associated with purple, occurs repeatedly in Exodus 25-39; also in Num 4:6-7; Num 4:9; Num 4:11-12; Num 15:38; 2Ch 2:7; 2Ch 2:14; 2Ch 3:14; Est 1:6; Est 8:15; Jer 10:9; Eze 23:6; Eze 27:7; Eze 27:24; Sept. generally , , and in Sir 40:4; Sir 45:10; 1Ma 4:23; and so Josephus, Philo, Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Vulgate, and Jerome. (In Est 1:6, the word translated ” blue” is the same elsewhere rendered ” linen.”) This color is supposed to have been obtained’ from a purple shell-fish of the Mediterranean, the conchylium of the ancients, the Helix ianthkna of Linnaeus (Syst. Nat. t. i, pt. 7:p. 3645; and see Forskal’s Descriptio Animal. p. 127), called chilzon () by the ancient Jews. Thus the Pseudo-Jonathan, in Deu 33:19, speaks of the Zebulonites, who dwelt at the shore of the great sea, and caught chilzon, with whose juice they dye thread of a hyacinthine color. The Scriptures afford no clew to this color; for the only passages in which it seems, in the English version, to be applied to something that might assist our conceptions are mistranslated, namely, “The blueness of a wound” (Pro 20:30), and “A blue mark upon him that is beaten” (Sir 23:10), there being no reference to color in the original of either. The word in the Sept. and Apocrypha refers to the hyacinth; but both the flower and stone so named by the ancients are disputed, especially the former. Yet it is used to denote dark-colored and deep purple.
Virgil speaks of ferrugineos hyacinthos, and Colunella compares the color of the flower to that of clotted blood, or deep, dusky red, like rust (De Re Rust. 10:305). Hesychius defines , , . It is plainly used in the Greek of Ecclus. xl, 4, for the royal purple. Josephus evidently takes the Hebrew word to mean sky-color;” for in explaining the colors of the vail of the Temple, and referring to the blue (Exo 26:31), he says that it represented the air or sky (War, v, 4); he similarly explains the vestment of the high-priest (Ant. 3:7, 7; and see Philo, Vita Mosis, 3:148; t. ii, ed. Mangey). These statements may be reconciled by the fact that, in proportion as the sky is clear and serene, it assumes a dark appearance, which is still more observable in an E stern climate. SEE PURPLE.
The chief references to this color in Scripture are as follows: The robe of the high-priest’s ephod was to be all of blue (Exo 28:31); so the loops of the curtains to the tabernacle (Exo 26:4); the ribbon for the breastplate (Exo 28:28), and for the plate for the mitre (Exo 28:37; comp. Sir 45:10); blue cloths for various sacred uses (Num 4:6-7; Num 4:9; Num 4:11-12) the people commanded to wear a ribbon of blue above the fringe of their garments (Num 15:38); it appears as a color of furniture in the palace of Ahasuerus (Est 1:6), and part of the royal apparel (Est 8:15); array of the idols of Babylon (Jer 10:9); of the Assyrian nobles, etc. (Ezra 23:6; see Braunius, De Vestitu, i, 9 and 13; Bochart, 3:670). SEE COLOR.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Blue
generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina of Linnaeus. The robe of the high priest’s ephod was to be all of this colour (Ex. 28:31), also the loops of the curtains (26:4) and the ribbon of the breastplate (28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various sacred purposes (Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12). (See COLOUR
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Blue
BLUE.See Colours, 5.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Blue
bloo. See COLORS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Blue
This colour was used extensively in the hangings of the tabernacle; in the vesture of the priests; and in the coverings of the vessels of the tabernacle when they were being removed. The colour is typical of heaven: the whole of the tabernacle was “a shadow of heavenly things.” Exo 26:28: etc.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Blue
See Colors
Colors
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
BLUE
a symbolic colour
Exo 28:31; Exo 39:22; Num 4:6; Num 15:38; 2Ch 2:7; 2Ch 3:14
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Blue
Exo 25:4 (c) Blue threads were woven into the various parts of the tabernacle to remind Israel that though they were traveling on earth their destination was Heaven. The color “blue” is used throughout the Scripture to remind the people of their heavenly character. The blue yarns were woven in with the red yarns to remind Israel that they were forgiven and were made fit for Heaven by the shed blood of the sacrifice. Linen yarns also were woven with these to remind the people of GOD of GOD’s righteousness given to them as a gift to make them acceptable to GOD. Purple yarns were to remind Israel that they were a part of the royal family of Heaven. The cherubims were to remind them that one day they would be associated with angels. See also Exo 26:1; Exo 39:3.
Exo 26:31 (c) The colors in the veil were to remind Israel that they could not enter the holy place, nor have the full enjoyment of GOD’s fellowship except by the graces and privileges represented by these.
Exo 26:36 (c) The blue in these door curtains was to remind Israel that they could always enter into GOD’s house and GOD’s fellowship by means of that heavenly revelation and heavenly salvation provided through the blood of the lamb.
Exo 28:31 (c) This color on Aaron was to remind him that he was always to be enveloped with a heavenly deportment. It would also remind him and Israel that he was a heavenly man living in heavenly places and occupied with heavenly business.
Num 15:38 (c) The sabbath breaker had just been stoned (see Num 15:35), so GOD told His people to put this ribbon of blue on the bottom of their garments to ever remind them that they were to obey the message from Heaven, and not live by their own ideas, and conclusions.
Est 1:6 (c) The wicked king seeking to justify his sins had the blue woven in the curtains so as to connect his evil orgies with something of Heaven and Heaven’s business. Most wicked practices have in some way a religious tinge to their ceremonies. The most wicked institution in the world, the apostate church, has a great religious program in order that they may cover up their evil doings by it.
Est 8:15 (c) It is evident that Mordecai was GOD’s man for that particular time. The blue would remind all who saw him that he was carrying out GOD’s plan, and accomplishing GOD’s purposes.
Eze 23:6 (c) The Assyrians clothed themselves in garments of blue probably to imitate the priesthood of Israel and thus give a religious touch to their evils. Thus with a pretext of being a godly people, they would deceive Israel and gain their confidence. Wicked religions still follow this plan.