κόκκινος
kokkinos · scarlet
Greek word · Strong’s number G2847 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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kokkinos (κόκκινος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “scarlet”.
Bright red.
How to say it
kok·ki·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Deep red; clothing of that color.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 27:28
And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak around him.
- Hebrews 9:19
For when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
- Revelation 17:3
And he carried me away into a wilderness in the Spirit; and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality,
- Revelation 18:12
cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article of most precious wood and bronze and iron and marble,
- Revelation 18:16
saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!