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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 [baby] put out his hand, and the midwife took his hand and tied a scarlet thread on it, saying, “This one was born first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - Afterward his brother who had the scarlet [thread] on his hand was born and was named Zerah (brightness).

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine twisted linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 -

“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle (sacred tent of worship) with ten [interior] curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric; you shall make them with [embroidered] cherubim, the handwork of a skillful craftsman.

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“You shall make a veil [to divide the two rooms] of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it.

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“You shall make a screen [to provide a covering] for the doorway of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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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 [to provide a covering] of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four pillars and four [base] sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They are to use the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen [from the people],

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 -

and they shall make the ephod of gold and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully woven and [beautifully] worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “And the skillfully woven sash, which is on the ephod shall be made of the same material: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen.

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“You are to make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled and talented craftsman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and of fine twisted linen.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Every man who had in his possession blue or purple or scarlet fabric, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and [fn]rams’ skins dyed red and [fn]porpoise skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the skilled and talented women spun thread with their hands, and brought what they had spun, blue and purple and scarlet fabric 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 the work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and in fine linen, and of a weaver; makers of every work and embroiderers of [excellent] designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

All the skilled men among them who were doing the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, with cherubim [worked into them], the work of an embroiderer, Bezalel made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Further, Bezalel made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He made a screen (curtain) for the doorway of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen (curtain) for the gate of the courtyard [on the east side] was the work of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, corresponding to the curtains of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful craftsman and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet fabric, and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 -

Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet fabric, they made finely woven garments for serving and ministering in the Holy Place; they made the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 -

Bezalel made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then Bezalel and Oholiab hammered the gold [into thin sheets] and cut it into threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The skillfully woven sash with which to bind it, which was on the ephod [to hold it in place], was like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

Bezalel made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful craftsman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted 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, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - ‘The priest shall take cedar wood and [fn]hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - She said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then Rahab sent them off, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 -

“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you [fn]luxuriously in scarlet,

Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 -

She does not fear the snow for her household,

For all in her household are clothed in [expensive] scarlet [wool].

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 -

“Your lips are like a ribbon of scarlet,

And your mouth is lovely.

Your temples are like a slice of the pomegranate

Behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 -

“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the LORD.

“[fn]Though your sins are like scarlet,

They shall be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They shall be like wool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

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

Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,

Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,

You make yourself beautiful in vain.

Your lovers (allies) despise you;

They seek your life.

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