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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Scarlet

[COLORS]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Scarlet

A color much prized by the ancients, Exodus 25:4 26:1,31,36. It is assigned as a merit of Saul, that he clothed the daughters of Israel in scarlet, 2 Samuel 1:24. So the diligent and virtuous woman is said to clothe her household in scarlet, Proverbs 31:21. The depth and strength of the color are alluded to in Isaiah 1:18; and it is used as a symbol of profligacy in Revelation 17:3,4. This color was obtained from the Coccus Ilicis of Linnaeus, a small insect found on the leaves of a species of oak, the Quercus Cocciferus, in Spain and the countries on the eastern part of the Mediterranean, which was used by the ancients for dyeing a beautiful crimson or deep scarlet color, and was supposed by them to be the berry of a plant or tree. It is the Kermez of the Materia Medica. As a dye it has been superseded in modern times by the cochineal insect, Coccus Cactus, which gives a more brilliant but less durable color. See PURPLE.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the Arabians.

This colour was early known (Genesis 38:28). It was one of the colours of the ephod (Exodus 28:6), the girdle (8), and the breastplate (15) of the high priest. It is also mentioned in various other connections (Joshua 2:18; 2 Samuel 1:24; Lamentations 4:5; Nahum 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord (Matthew 27:28; Luke 23:11). "Sins as scarlet" (Isaiah 1:18), i.e., as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson were the firmest of dyes, and thus not easily washed out.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.

2. (n.) Cloth of a scarlet color.

3. (a.) of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.

4. (v. t.) To dye or tinge with scarlet.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SCARLET

skar'-let.

See COLORS; DYEING.

SCARLET (WORM)

(tola`ath shani (Exodus 25:4, etc.)): Cermes vermilio, a scale insect from which a red dye is obtained.

See COLOR; DYEING; WORM.

Greek

2847. kokkinos -- scarlet
... scarlet. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kokkinos Phonetic Spelling:
(kok'-kee-nos) Short Definition: crimson Definition: crimson, scarlet, dyed with ...
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4209. porphura -- purple fish, purple dye, purple cloth
... There were three familiar shades of purple in the ancient world: deep violet,
deep scarlet (or crimson), and deep blue (, 2, 220). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8529. tala -- to clothe in scarlet
... 8528, 8529. tala. 8530 . to clothe in scarlet. Transliteration: tala Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-law') Short Definition: scarlet. Word ...
/hebrew/8529.htm - 6k

8144. shani -- scarlet
... 8143, 8144. shani. 8145 . scarlet. Transliteration: shani Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-nee') Short Definition: scarlet. Word Origin ...
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8438. tola -- worm, scarlet stuff
... 8437, 8438. tola. 8439 . worm, scarlet stuff. Transliteration: tola
Phonetic Spelling: (to-law') Short Definition: crimson. Word ...
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8439. Towla' -- two men of Issachar
... 8438, 8439. Towla'. 8439a . two men of Issachar. Transliteration: Towla' Phonetic
Spelling: (to-law') Short Definition: crimson. crimson, scarlet, worm ...
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Library

A Woman on a Scarlet-Colored Beast.
... EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE. A Woman on a Scarlet-Colored Beast. "And he
carried me away in spirit into a desert: and I saw a woman ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/a woman on a scarlet-colored.htm

Thy Lips are as a Scarlet Fillet; and Thy Speech is Sweet. Thy ...
... CHAPTER IV. 3. Thy lips are as a scarlet fillet; and thy speech is sweet. Thy cheeks
are like a piece of pomegranate, besides that which is hidden within. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/3 thy lips are as.htm

August the Eighth the Scarlet Sin
... AUGUST The Eighth THE SCARLET SIN. ISAIAH i.10-20. How can we deal with glaring
sin, with sin that is "scarlet," that is "red like crimson"? ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/august the eighth the scarlet.htm

Of the Mockery which He Sustained at the Hands of Pilate's Cohort ...
... And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe. ... There is also a certain
red-coloured purple which resembles scarlet very closely. ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter ix of the mockery which.htm

The First Stage in the Leper's Cleansing
... healed in the leper; 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 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the first stage in the.htm

Both Covenants were Prefigured in Abraham, and in the Labour of ...
... For when she had conceived twins, one of them put forth his hand first; and as the
midwife supposed that he was the first-born, she bound a scarlet token on ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxv both covenants were prefigured.htm

That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action.
... Which ephod is also rightly ordered to be made of gold, blue, purple, twice dyed
scarlet, and flue twined linen (Exodus 28:8), that it may be shewn by how ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter iii that the ruler.htm

Book ix. On Jerusalem and Her Enemies
... martyred through bloodshed; in Exodus: all, who saw with the heart, in the beginning
brought to God gold, silver, copper, hyacinth, purple, scarlet, goats' hair ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/book ix on jerusalem and.htm

Sin.
... "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isa.1:18. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter iii sin.htm

The Gospel Further Relates that the Soldiers Parted the Garments ...
... says, "They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they did cast lots."
Nor were the Prophets silent even as to the robe, the scarlet robe, which ...
/.../25 the gospel further relates.htm

Thesaurus

Scarlet (54 Occurrences)
... It is also mentioned in various other connections (Joshua 2:18; 2 Samuel 1:24;
Lamentations 4:5; Nahum 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord ...
/s/scarlet.htm - 26k

Scarlet-worm
Scarlet-worm. Scarletworm, Scarlet-worm. Scars . Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia WORM; SCARLET-WORM. wurm, skar'-let-wurm ...
/s/scarlet-worm.htm - 11k

Scarlet-color (1 Occurrence)
Scarlet-color. Scarlet, Scarlet-color. Scarlet-colored . Multi-Version
Concordance Scarlet-color (1 Occurrence). Revelation 17:4 ...
/s/scarlet-color.htm - 6k

Scarlet-colored (1 Occurrence)
Scarlet-colored. Scarlet-color, Scarlet-colored. Scarlet-colour .
Multi-Version Concordance Scarlet-colored (1 Occurrence). Revelation ...
/s/scarlet-colored.htm - 6k

Scarlet-colour (1 Occurrence)
Scarlet-colour. Scarlet-colored, Scarlet-colour. Scarletworm .
Multi-Version Concordance Scarlet-colour (1 Occurrence). ...
/s/scarlet-colour.htm - 6k

Twined (25 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Twine. Multi-Version Concordance Twined (25 Occurrences). Exodus
25:4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, (See RSV). ...
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Byssus (40 Occurrences)
... his neck. (DBY). Exodus 25:4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus,
and goats' hair, (DBY). Exodus 26:1 And thou shalt make ...
/b/byssus.htm - 19k

Finely (27 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the ...
/f/finely.htm - 14k

Yarn (37 Occurrences)
... YARN. yarn. See LINEN; SPINNING; WEAVING. Multi-Version Concordance Yarn (37
Occurrences). Exodus 25:4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, (See NIV) ...
/y/yarn.htm - 18k

Craftsman (23 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:1 "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. ...
/c/craftsman.htm - 13k

Resources

What is the significance of a scarlet thread? | GotQuestions.org

What is a scarlet letter? | GotQuestions.org

Why does God call Jacob a worm in Isaiah 41:14? | GotQuestions.org

Scarlet: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Scarlet (54 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:28
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:31
When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
(See NAS)

Hebrews 9:19
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 17:3
He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 17:4
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 18:12
merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 18:16
saying,'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 38:28
When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 38:30
Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 25:4
blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 26:1
"Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 26:31
"You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 26:36
"You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:16
For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:5
They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:6
"They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:8
The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:15
"You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:33
On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:6
blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:23
Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:25
All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:35
He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 36:8
All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 36:35
He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 36:37
He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:18
The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:23
With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:1
Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:2
He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:3
They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:5
The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:8
He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:24
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:29
and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:4
then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:49
To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:51
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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:52
He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:8
They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 2:21
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 1:24
You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 31:21
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 4:3
Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:30
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 4:5
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 5:16
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 5:29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(KJV WBS)

Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Scarlet

Scarlet Worm

Related Terms

Scarlet-worm

Scarlet-color (1 Occurrence)

Scarlet-colored (1 Occurrence)

Scarlet-colour (1 Occurrence)

Twined (25 Occurrences)

Byssus (40 Occurrences)

Finely (27 Occurrences)

Yarn (37 Occurrences)