Genesis 38:28
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
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Scarlet
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Revelation 18:16
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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26 occurrences in 26 verses.
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שָׁנִי
shânîy · shaw-nee'
34 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
Strong's KJV usage: crimson, scarlet (thread).
Strong's first: Exodus 26:1Strong's last: Isaiah 1:18
Open full H8144 profile →תּוֹלָע
tôwlâʻ · to-law'
6 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of 8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith
Strong's KJV usage: crimson, scarlet, worm.
Strong's first: Exodus 25:4Strong's last: Lamentations 4:5
Open full H8438 profile →κόκκινος
kókkinos · kok'-kee-nos
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
crimson-colored
Strong's KJV usage: :--scarlet (colour, coloured).
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Strong's first: Matthew 27:28Strong's last: Revelation 18:16
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ʼargᵉvân · arg-ev-awn'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: purple.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:7Strong's last: Daniel 5:29
Open full H711 profile →תָּלַע
tâlaʻ · taw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to crimson, i.e. dye that color
Strong's KJV usage: × scarlet.
Strong's first: Nahum 2:3Strong's last: Nahum 2:3
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H711
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
H711
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
H711
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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scarlet
SC'ARLET, noun
1. A beautiful bright red color, brighter than crimson.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
All her household are clothed with scarlet Proverbs 31:21.
SC'ARLET, adjective of the color called scarlet; of a bright red color; as a scarlet cloth or thread; a scarlet lip.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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