Red
אַדְמוֹנִיStrong’s H0132admoni (ad-mo-ni)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Admoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “red”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.”
Meaning
- Red, ruddy (of Esau as infant)
How it's translated
- red 2
- and red 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 2
- Genesis 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
- 1 Samuel 17:42And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Hebrew dictionary
אַדְמוֹנִי admoni · red
red, ruddy (of Esau as infant)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “red” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RED, adjective
[Gr red and a rose, from its color. Heb. to descend, to bring down. Latin gradior, also to correct, to teach, erudio.]
All definitions and other forms of “red”
RED, noun
A red color; as a brighter color, the best of all the reds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.