שָׁנִיshânîy
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
Pronunciation: shaw-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8144
Meanings
scarlet, properly coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields colouring matter (Joshua 2:18; Joshua 2:21; Song of Solomon 4:3; Genesis 38:28; Genesis 38:30)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 38:28 While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.”
- Genesis 38:30 Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.
- Exodus 25:4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
- Exodus 26:1 “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:31 “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:36 “Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
See every passage
- Genesis 38:28, 38:30
- Exodus 25:4, 26:1, 26:31, 26:36, 27:16, 28:5, 28:6, 28:8, 28:15, 28:33, 35:6, 35:23, 35:25, 35:35, 36:8, 36:35, 36:37, 38:18, 38:23, 39:1, 39:2, 39:3, 39:5, 39:8, 39:24, 39:29
- Leviticus 14:4, 14:6, 14:49, 14:51, 14:52
- Numbers 4:8, 19:6
- Joshua 2:18, 2:21
- 2 Samuel 1:24
- Proverbs 31:21
- Song of Solomon 4:3
- Isaiah 1:18
- Jeremiah 4:30
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).