per strongs concordance the authority on such matters for one hundred and thirty years now   m/fuseaction/lexicon.show/id/h119/a dam.htm strong's #119: 'adam (pronounced aw-dam') to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy:--be (dyed, made) red (ruddy). usage: this word is used 10 times:   exodus 25:5: "and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood," exodus 26:14: "of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers'" exodus 35:7: "and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood," exodus 35:23: "and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers'" exodus 36:19: "of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above" exodus 39:34: "and the covering of rams' dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the veil" proverbs 23:31: "not when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup," isaiah 1:18: "they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." > lamentations 4:7: "they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies," nahum 2:3: "the shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming"
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