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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.
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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 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 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - “and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

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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 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 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.

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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 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.

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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 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry,[fn] for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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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 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 Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

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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 Pro 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 - She is not afraid of snow for her household,
For all her household is clothed with scarlet.

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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 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 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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