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Lexicon :: Strong's G2847 - kokkinos

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κόκκινος
Transliteration
kokkinos (Key)
Pronunciation
kok'-kee-nos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From κόκκος (G2848) (from the kernel-shape of the insect)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:812,450

Strong’s Definitions

κόκκινος kókkinos, kok'-kee-nos; from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect); crimson-colored:—scarlet (colour, coloured).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2847 in the following manner: scarlet (4x), scarlet colour (1x), scarlet coloured (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2847 in the following manner: scarlet (4x), scarlet colour (1x), scarlet coloured (1x).

  1. crimson, scarlet coloured. A kernel, the grain or berry of the "ilex coccifera"; these berries are the clusters of the eggs of a female insect, the "kermes" (resembling the cochineal), and when collected and pulverised produces a red which was used in dyeing (Pliny)

  2. scarlet cloth or clothing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόκκινος kókkinos, kok'-kee-nos; from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect); crimson-colored:—scarlet (colour, coloured).
STRONGS G2847:
κόκκινος, κοκκινη, κόκκινον (from κόκκος a kernel, the grain or berry of the ilex coccifera; these berries are the clusters of eggs of a female insect, the kermes ((cf. English carmine, crimson)), and when collected and pulverized produce a red which was used in dyeing, Pliny, h. n. 9, 41, 65; 16, 8, 12; 24, 4), crimson, scarlet-colored: Matthew 27:28; Hebrews 9:19; Revelation 17:3. neuter as a substantive equivalent to scarlet cloth or clothing: Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:12, 16 (Genesis 38:28; Exodus 25:4; Leviticus 14:4, 6; Joshua 2:18; 2 Samuel 1:24; 2 Chronicles 2:7, 14; Plutarch, Fab. 15; φόρειν κόκκινα, scarlet robes, Epictetus diss. 4, 11, 34; ἐν κοκκινοις περιπατεῖν, 3, 22, 10). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Carmesin; Roskoff in Schenkel i., p. 501f; Kamphausen in Riehm, p. 220; (B. D. under the word Colors, II. 3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
38:28
Exodus
25:4
Leviticus
14:4; 14:6
Joshua
2:18
2 Samuel
1:24
2 Chronicles
2:7; 2:14
Matthew
27:28
Hebrews
9:19
Revelation
17:3; 17:4; 18:12; 18:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2847 matches the Greek κόκκινος (kokkinos),
which occurs 43 times in 43 verses in the LXX Greek.

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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 tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one 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 on 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 yarns 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 yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into 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 yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns 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 yarns 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 yarns, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, 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 hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it 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 entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns 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 yarns 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 Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, 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 skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, 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, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

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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 live[fn] clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh 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 yarn 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 yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh 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 fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.

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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 yarn, and throw them into the fire burning 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 tie 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 2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - “You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

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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 Sng 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 - 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[fn] 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 Isa 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

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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 adorn 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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