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Strong's G2847 κόκκινος (kokkinos)

kokkinos - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2847 — chittah (“terror”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2847
Language Greek
Linked Usages 49
Books 13

Strong's G2847 Quick Answer

Strong's G2847 κόκκινος (kokkinos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kokkinos (kok'-kee-nos) adj. 1. crimson-colored [from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect)] It has 49 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include scarlet. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
kokkinos (kok'-kee-nos) adj. 1. crimson-colored [from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect)]
Usage
49 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
scarlet

Meaning and Definition

kokkinos (kok'-kee-nos) adj. 1. crimson-colored [from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect)] KJV: scarlet (colour, coloured) Root(s): G2848

Original Word
κόκκινος
Transliteration
kokkinos
Derivation
Root: κόκκος R1: 2848
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2847. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

scarlet

Usage: κόκκινος, -η, -ον (κόκκος, as used of the "berry" of the ilex coccifera, see DB, iv, 416), [in LXX for תּוֹלָע, תּוֹלָע, שָׁנִי, Exo.25:4, Gen.38:23, Isa.1:18, al. ;] scarlet: Mat.27:28, Heb.9:19, Rev.17:3; neut., without substantive, of clothing, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16,† (AS)

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How Strong's G2847 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kokkinos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

scarlet Matthew 27:28

How Strong's G2847 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2847 (κόκκινος) appears 43 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2847 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2847 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 27:28 KJV

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Hebrews 9:19 KJV

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,

Revelation 17:3 KJV

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.

Strong's G2847 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 38:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first.

Genesis 38:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zerah.

Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,

Usage Excerpts

First 49 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2847.

Genesis 38:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first.
Genesis 38:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zerah.
Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 26:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.
Exodus 26:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.
Exodus 26:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer.
Exodus 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exodus 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woven work of the shoulder pieces which is upon it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blue and purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, thou shalt make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun.
Exodus 28:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
Exodus 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet,
Exodus 35:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 35:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
articles, the blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine linen.
Exodus 35:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God filled them with wisdom, understanding and perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship and embroidery.
Exodus 36:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;
Exodus 36:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;
Exodus 36:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
Exodus 36:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 37:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs.
Exodus 37:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,
Exodus 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
Exodus 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan was there, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needleworks and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.
Exodus 39:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the gold that remained of the offering they made vessels to minister with before the Lord.
Leviticus 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
Leviticus 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.
Leviticus 14:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
Leviticus 14:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
Leviticus 14:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.
Numbers 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staffs into it.
Numbers 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Joshua 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.
2 Kingdoms 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, Who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, Who added golden ornaments to your apparel.
2 Chronicles 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.
2 Chronicles 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(his mother was of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him to do with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.
2 Chronicles 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
Song of Solomon 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely: Like the rind of a pomegranate Is thy cheek without thy veil.
Song of Solomon 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, Being seen without thy veil.
Isaiah 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.
Isaiah 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and those made of fine linen, and the purple ones, and the scarlet ones, and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.
Jeremiah 4:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty will be in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life.
Matthew 27:28 New Testament, KJV
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Hebrews 9:19 New Testament, KJV
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,
Revelation 17:3 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 17:4 New Testament, KJV
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:
Revelation 18:12 New Testament, KJV
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,
Revelation 18:16 New Testament, KJV
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!

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2847, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 4 usages, New Testament

Strong's G2847 FAQ

What does kokkinos (κόκκινος) mean?

Strong's G2847 is a Greek entry for G2847 κόκκινος (kokkinos). kokkinos (kok'-kee-nos) adj. 1. crimson-colored [from G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect)]

How many times is kokkinos (κόκκινος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 49 linked usages for Strong's G2847 across 13 books.

Where can I study kokkinos (κόκκινος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2847 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate kokkinos (κόκκινος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as scarlet. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2847 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 43 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2847, with linked reader references where each row is available.