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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H8144
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
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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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