Bible Dictionaries
Scarlet yarn

From Easton: Scarlet, this dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the Arabians.

This colour was early known (Genesis 38:28). It was one of the colours of the ephod (Exodus 28:6), the girdle (8), and the breastplate (15) of the high priest. It is also mentioned in various other connections (Joshua 2:18; 2 Samuel 1:24; Lamentations 4:5; Nahum 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord (Matthew 27:28; Luke 23:11). "Sins as scarlet" (Isaiah 1:18), i.e., as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson were the firmest of dyes, and thus not easily washed out.

Verses:

• Genesis 38:28
• Genesis 38:30
• Exodus 25:4
• Exodus 26:1
• Exodus 26:31
• Exodus 26:36
• Exodus 27:16
• Exodus 28:5
• Exodus 28:6
• Exodus 28:8
• Exodus 28:15
• Exodus 28:33
• Exodus 35:6
• Exodus 35:23
• Exodus 35:25
• Exodus 35:35
• Exodus 36:8
• Exodus 36:35
• Exodus 36:37
• Exodus 38:18
• Exodus 38:23
• Exodus 39:1
• Exodus 39:2
• Exodus 39:3
• Exodus 39:5
• Exodus 39:8
• Exodus 39:24
• Exodus 39:29
• Leviticus 14:4
• Leviticus 14:6
• Leviticus 14:49
• Leviticus 14:51
• Leviticus 14:52