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Scarlet:
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 (Gen 38:28). It was one of the colours of the ephod (Exd 28:6), the girdle (8), and the breastplate (15) of the high priest. It is also mentioned in various other connections (Jos 2:18; 2Sa 1:24; Lam 4:5; Nah 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord (Mat 27:28; Luk 23:11). "Sins as scarlet" (Isa 1:18), i.e., as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson were the firmest of dyes, and thus not easily washed out.
| 1 | Strong's Number: g2847 | Greek: kokkinos |
Scarlet:
is derived from kokkos, used of the "berries" (clusters of the eggs of an insect) collected from the ilex coccifera; the color, however, is obtained from the cochineal insect, which attaches itself to the leaves and twigs of the coccifera oak; another species is raised on the leaves of the cactus ficus. The Arabic name for this insect is qirmiz, whence the word "crimson." It is used
(a) of "scarlet" wool, Hbr 9:19; cp., in connection with the cleansing of a leper, Lev 14:4, 6, "scarlet;" with the offering of the red heifer, Num 19:6;
(b) of the robe put on Christ by the soldiers, Mat 27:28;
(c) of the "beast" seen in symbolic vision in Rev 17:3, "scarlet-colored;"
(d) of the clothing of the "woman" as seen sitting on the "beast," Rev 17:4;
(e) of part of the merchandise of Babylon, Rev 18:12;
(f) figuratively, of the glory of the city itself, Rev 18:16; the neuter is used in the last three instances.
Scarlet:
SEE [COLORS].
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