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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 happened, while she was giving birth, 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 who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and he was named [fn]Zerah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - [fn]blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat 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 twisted linen and [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 -

“You shall make a veil of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 -

“You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “And as for the gate of the court there shall be a screen of [fn]twenty cubits, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They shall take the gold and the [fn]blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, [fn]of the same material: of gold, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 -

“You shall make a [fn]breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - “You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - and [fn]blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the women [fn]wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with [fn]wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Moreover, he made the veil of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skillful designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a screen for the doorway of the tent, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the [fn]weaver, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was [fn]twenty cubits and the [fn]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a [fn]weaver in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 -

He made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads [fn]to be woven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen, the work of a skillful designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, [fn]of the same material: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

He made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful designer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet material, the work of the [fn]weaver, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 -

Thus all the service of constructing the [fn]tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - “As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the [fn]scarlet string and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [fn]running water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - “Then he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the [fn]scarlet string, with the live bird, and he shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [fn]running water, and he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [fn]running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the [fn]scarlet string.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - “And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles.

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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 material and cast it into the midst of the [fn]burning heifer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - [fn]unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 -

“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,

Who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “So now, send me a wise man to work in gold, silver, brass, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the wise men [fn]whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men 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, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he ornamented 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 temples are like a slice of a pomegranate

Behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 -

“Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate

Behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 -

“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says Yahweh,

“Though your sins are as scarlet,

They will be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They will be like wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans, and shawls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, O devastated one, what will you do?

Although you dress in scarlet,

Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,

Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,

In vain you make yourself beautiful.

Your [fn]lovers despise you;

They seek your life.

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