Strongs Number: H8144
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁנִי
- Transliteration
- shânîy
- Phonetic
- shaw-nee'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
{crimson} properly the insect or its {color} also stuff dyed with it
- BDB Definition
-
1. scarlet, crimson
a. 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
- Origin
- Of uncertain derivation
- Bible Usage
- {crimson} scarlet (thread).