Scarlet
κόκκινοςStrong’s G2847kokkinos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kokkinos is the Greek word usually translated “scarlet”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.”
Meaning
Usually translated “scarlet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- scarlet 5
- of scarlet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 4
- Matthew 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hebrews 9:19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
- Revelation 17:3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 18:16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Greek dictionary
κόκκινος kokkinos · scarlet
κόκκινος, -η, -ον (κόκκος, as used of the "berry" of the ilex coccifera, see DB, iv, 416), [in LXX for תּוֹלָע, תּוֹלָע, שָׁנִי, Exo.25:4, Gen.38:23, Isa.1:18, al. ;] scarlet: Mat.27:28, Heb.9:19, Rev.17:3; neut., without substantive, of clothing, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16,† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scarlet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SC'ARLET, noun
- A beautiful bright red color, brighter than crimson.
- Cloth of a scarlet color.“All her household are clothed with scarlet” Proverbs 31:21
All definitions and other forms of “scarlet”
SC'ARLET, adjective
of the color called scarlet; of a bright red color; as a scarlet cloth or thread; a scarlet lip.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.