Kokkinos κόκκινος

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Kokkinos
κόκκινος
Transliterationkokkinos
Strong's numberG2847
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossscarlet
Occurrences6 in 6 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (4)

Kokkinos (Greek κόκκινος, Strong's G2847) is a Greek adjective meaning “scarlet”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVscarlet (4), coloured (1), colour (1)
BSBscarlet (6)

Verses

Every verse with Kokkinos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Hebrews

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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