Quick Definition
scarlet
Strong's Definition
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: crimson, scarlet (thread).
TWOT Reference: 2420a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) scarlet, crimson
1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) scarlet, crimson
1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁנִי
shâný̂y
BDB Definition:
1) scarlet, crimson
1a) properly, the insect coccus ilicis, the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of uncertain derivation
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2420a
Total KJV Occurrences: 43