adjective
kokkinas
Strong’sG2847
crimson
stem kokkin-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† κόκκινος, -η, -ον
(< κόκκος, as used of the "berry" of the ilex coccifera, v. DB, iv, 416), [in LXX for תּוֹלֵעָה, תּוֹלָע, שָׁנִי, Ex 25:4, Ge 38:28, Is 1:18, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2847 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkok'-kee-nos
crimson-colored
Fromfrom G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect);
King Jamesscarlet (colour, coloured).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
scarlet, NT+3rd c.BC+blushing, Refs 4th c.BC+
II substantive κόκκινα, τά, scarlet clothes, ἐν κ. περιπατεῖν, κ. φορεῖν, LXX+2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kokkinos | kokkinas | kokkinem3×κόκκινον | kokkinois | kokkinais | kokkineim |
| object accusative | kokkinon | kokkinan1×κοκκίνην | kokkinoin | kokkinain | ||
| direct address vocative | kokkinor | kokkinar | kokkinoir | kokkinair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | kokkinou | kokkinau | kokkineu2×κοκκίνου | kokkinoiu | kokkinaiu | kokkineiu |
| to, for dative | kokkino | kokkina | kokkine | kokkinoi | kokkinai | kokkinei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kokkin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
kokkinan“scarlet”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 27:28kai ekduarantois auton chlamudan kokkinan peritithala auto,They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
kokkinem“scarlet”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Revelation 17:3… kai horama gunaikan kathorōntan epi thērem kokkinem, gemarōnteim onomeim blasfēmiau, echarōntos kefalain hepta …… saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous …
Revelation 17:4… tas gunaikas ate peribalorēntas porfurouem kai kokkinem, kai chrusorēntas chrusie kai litho timio …… woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious …
Revelation 18:16… tas peribalorēntar bussinem kai porfurouem kai kokkinem kai chrusorēntar chrusie kai litho timio …… in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones …
kokkineu“scarlet”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Hebrews 9:19… toiu moschoiu meta hudeu kai erieu kokkineu kai hussōpau autem tē tem bibliem …… calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the …
Revelation 18:12… bussineu kai porfurau kai sirikeu kai kokkineu, kai pantem xulem thuinem kai pantem …… of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood …