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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 so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it 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 his name was called Zerah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - “blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and 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 woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.

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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, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - “You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - “And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around 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 design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width 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 - And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, 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 children 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 - “then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, cedar wood, 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, the cedar wood and the scarlet 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 he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, 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, the hyssop, 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 the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - “They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; 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, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - “unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.

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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 in scarlet, with luxury;
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men 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), skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your skillful men and with the skillful 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 wove cherubim into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 - Like a piece of pomegranate
Are your temples 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 the LORD,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:23 - and the mirrors;
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
Your lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
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