Biblical meaning of the color crimson In the King James Version Bible, the word crimson occurs five times, all of which are in the Old Testament. The three Hebrew Old Testament words from which it is derived are karmity (Strongs Concordance #H3758), which means a deep red, tola (#H8438), which refers to the maggot from which the dye is derived, and shaniy (#H8144), which refers to the colors name. Some Bible commentaries believe that scarlet and crimson refer to the same color in Scripture. In Joshua 2:18, the Hebrew word translated as scarlet (#H8144) is the same one translated as crimson in Jeremiah 4:30. The word used in Joshua denotes the pigment of the cloth Rehab was to hang outside her window as a sign to the Israelites not to attack her house. This colors use in Scripture lends itself to the following symbolic meanings. Worship of God (2Chronicles 2:7,14, 3:14, Jeremiah 4:30) A persons sins (Isaiah 1:18) Anciently, the liquid used to create the dye of this color came from the dried bodies of the cochineal insect (possibly only from the female grub). Both crimson and scarlet were the firmest of dyes and not easily removed from cloth.
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