# רָקַם (raqam)

Israeli respelling: ra-qam. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7551. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate

King James renderings: embroiderer, needlework, curiously work.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/raqam-h7551

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 26:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/26/36) — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- [Exodus 27:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/27/16) — And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with n…
- [Exodus 28:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/39) — And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
- [Exodus 35:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/35) — Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer,…
- [Exodus 36:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/36/37) — And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
- [Exodus 38:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/38/18) — And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was th…
- [Exodus 38:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/38/23) — And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in pur…
- [Exodus 39:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/29) — And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- [Psalms 139:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/15) — My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.