Shânîy — H8144

H8144 · Hebrew — שני

Pronunciation: shaw-nee'

Definition

masculine noun

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

  1. 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

Usually translated as

scarlet, crimson

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shânîy occurs 42 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (26), Leviticus (5), Numbers (2), Joshua (2), 2 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S