Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Hebrew Word Study

Strong's H8144 שָׁנִי (shani)

Shani means “crimson” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8144
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 10

Strong's H8144 Quick Answer

Strong's H8144 שָׁנִי (shaniy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shaniy (shaw-nee') n-m. 1. crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it [of uncertain derivation] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include scarlet and crimson. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shaniy (shaw-nee') n-m. 1. crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it [of uncertain derivation]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
scarlet and crimson

Meaning and Definition

shaniy (shaw-nee') n-m. 1. crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it [of uncertain derivation] KJV: crimson, scarlet (thread).

Original Word
שָׁנִי
Transliteration
shaniy
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8144. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

scarlet

Usage: 1) scarlet, crimson 1a) 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

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

How Strong's H8144 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shaniy, 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 Genesis 38:28 40× crimson Isaiah 1:18

How Strong's H8144 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old 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 Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8144 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 H8144 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 38:28 KJV

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

Genesis 38:30 KJV

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

Exodus 25:4 KJV

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8144.

Genesis 38:28 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
Genesis 38:30 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Exodus 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Exodus 26:31 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 26:36 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus 28:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus 28:33 Old Testament, KJV
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 35:6 Old Testament, KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Exodus 35:25 Old Testament, KJV
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exodus 35:35 Old Testament, KJV
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exodus 36:35 Old Testament, KJV
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Exodus 36:37 Old Testament, KJV
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exodus 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exodus 38:23 Old Testament, KJV
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 39:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 39:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Exodus 39:29 Old Testament, KJV
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
Leviticus 14:49 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus 14:51 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus 14:52 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall cleanse 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 scarlet:
Numbers 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Joshua 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
Joshua 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
2 Samuel 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Proverbs 31:21 Old Testament, KJV
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Song of Solomon 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Isaiah 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jeremiah 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8144, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 26 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8144 FAQ

What does shani (שָׁנִי) mean?

Shani (Strong's H8144) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "crimson". shaniy (shaw-nee') n-m. 1. crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it [of uncertain derivation]

How many times is shani (שָׁנִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H8144 across 10 books.

Where can I study shani (שָׁנִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8144 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shani (שָׁנִי)?

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