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RED

Red (Heb. ʾāḏōm; Gk. pyrrós) may encompass shades as divergent as brown, as well as the bright colors yellow and pink. Hence, the brownish color of animal hide is described as red (Num. 19:2; Zech. 1:8; 6:2), as well as the yellowish-brown color of lintel soup (Gen. 25:30) and a person’s healthy countenance (Cant. 5:10; Lam. 4:7). Some OT passages refer to objects dyed red, such as ram skins (Exod. 25:5) and shields (Nah. 2:3[MT 4]). Gen. 25:25-30 makes a wordplay with the adj. ʾaḏmônî, “reddish,” and Esau, a figure associated with Edom (ʾĕḏōm), the land of red clay. Isa. 63:1-2 has a similar wordplay with Edom (ʾĕḏôm) and red (ʾadōm). Over time new terms were introduced to create finer nuances of color.

In the NT red describes the color of the evening sky, a popular folk image indicating fair weather to come (Matt. 16:2-3). The book of Revelation includes red as one of four primary colors in apocalyptic imagery, representing war, bloodshed, and the forces of evil (Rev. 6:4; 12:3).

Bibliography. A. Brenner, Colour Terms in the Old Testament. JSOTSup 21 (Sheffield, 1982).

J. Edward Owens

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

RED

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)