"dyed with coccus, crimson, scarlet, Mt. 27:28; Heb. 9:19; Rev. 17:3, 4; 18:12, 16*"
Definition and meaning
dyed with coccus, crimson, scarlet, Mt. 27:28; Heb. 9:19; Rev. 17:3, 4; 18:12, 16*
In the original Greek the word is written: κόκκινος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kokkinos (G2847) across the King James Bible.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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Common questions
Strong's G2847 (kokkinos) is a Greek word that means: dyed with coccus, crimson, scarlet, Mt. 27:28; Heb. 9:19; Rev. 17:3, 4; 18:12, 16* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word kokkinos (G2847) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2847 is kokkinos, a Greek word defined as: dyed with coccus, crimson, scarlet, Mt. 27:28; Heb. 9:19; Rev. 17:3, 4; 18:12, 16*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kokkinos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.