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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 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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable 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 Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

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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, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall 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 he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, 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 - And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it 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, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

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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 in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

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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, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 - As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
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