Strong's Number H8144

שָׁנִי

shaniy · shaw-nee'

Transliteration:

shaniy{shaw-nee'}

Word Origin:

of uncertain derivation

TWOT:

2420a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it

Usage in the KJV:

scarlet 34, scarlet 8438, scarlet thread 2, crimson 1

Total: 42
Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

scarlet, crimson
1. 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