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Lexicon :: Strong's H8144 - šānî

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שָׁנִי
Transliteration
šānî
Pronunciation
shaw-nee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 2420a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁנִי shânîy, shaw-nee'; of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it:—crimson, scarlet (thread).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H8144 in the following manner: scarlet (34x), scarlet (with H8438) (5x), scarlet thread (2x), crimson (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H8144 in the following manner: scarlet (34x), scarlet (with H8438) (5x), scarlet thread (2x), crimson (1x).

  1. scarlet, crimson

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁנִי shânîy, shaw-nee'; of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it:—crimson, scarlet (thread).
STRONGS H8144: Abbreviations
שָׁנִי 42 noun [masculine] scarlet (properly coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields colouring matter; compare TristrNHB 319 PostHast. DB SCARLET M'LeanEncy. Bib. id.); — usually תִּקְוַת שָׁ׳ הַזֶּה חוּט הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 2:18 this cord of thread of scarlet, הַשּׁ׳ ת׳ Joshua 2:21, חוּט הַשּׁ׳ Songs 4:3 (simile of lips); so (הַ)שּׁ׳ alone Genesis 38:28, 30 (J), and as material of clothing 2 Samuel 1:24; Jeremiah 4:30; Proverbs 31:21 (plural שָׁנִים; on order of ll. see Toy); plural also in simile Isaiah 1:18 if your sins are like scarlet (robes); elsewhere (P) תּוֺלַעַת (הַ)שּׁ׳ (see ת׳) of material for curtain, veil, ephod, etc., Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1 + 24 times Exodus; שׁ׳ בֶּגֶד ת׳ Numbers 4:3 (see II. ב׳ 2); construct שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ׳ used in purification, Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:28; 38:30

Exodus

25:4; 26:1

Leviticus

14:4; 14:6; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52

Numbers

4:3; 19:6

Joshua

2:18; 2:21

2 Samuel

1:24

Proverbs

31:21

Song of Songs

4:3

Isaiah

1:18

Jeremiah

4:30

H8144

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Strong's Number H8144 matches the Hebrew שָׁנִי (šānî),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - And when she was in labor, one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This came out first."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff; with cherubim skilfully worked shall you make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - "And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; in skilled work shall it be made, with cherubim;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - "And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - "They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the skilfully woven band upon it, to gird it on, shall be of the same workmanship and materials, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - "And you shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen shall you make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, around its skirts, with bells of gold between them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man with whom was found blue or purple or scarlet stuff or fine linen or goats' hair or tanned rams' skins or goatskins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all women who had ability spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - He has filled them with ability to do every sort of work done by a craftsman or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, or by a weaver--by any sort of workman or skilled designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And all the able men among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains; they were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff, with cherubim skilfully worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; with cherubim skilfully worked he made it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - and with him was Oho'liab the son of Ahis'amach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - And of the blue and purple and scarlet stuff they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place; they made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - And he made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And gold leaf was hammered out and cut into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet stuff, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the skilfully woven band upon it, to gird it on, was of the same materials and workmanship, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the girdle of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, embroidered with needlework; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet stuff and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet stuff, along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - and the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down; and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - "Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you daintily in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 - She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
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