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Lexicon :: Strong's H8144 - šānî

Aa
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 BoxGen 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - And take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread and the living bird and put them in the blood of the dead bird and in the flowing water, shaking it over the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - Then let the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and red thread, and put them into the fire where the cow is burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 - She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.
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