Scarlet
שָׁנִיStrong’s H8144shani (sha-ni)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shani is the Hebrew word usually translated “scarlet”, “scarlet of” and “scarlet thread”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.”
Meaning
- Scarlet, crimsonerly, 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
How it's translated
- scarlet 25
- the scarlet 8
- and scarlet of 3
- scarlet of 2
- a scarlet thread 1
- the scarlet thread 1
- and with scarlet of 1
- like scarlet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 26
- Leviticus 5
- Genesis 2
- Numbers 2
- Joshua 2
- 2 Samuel 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 38:30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
- Exodus 25:4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
- Exodus 26:1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 26:31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 26:36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 27:16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁנִי shani · scarlet
1) scarlet, crimson 1a) 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.