What does κόκκινος (kókkinos) mean in the Bible?
κόκκινος (kókkinos): Deep red dye from insect cochineal, symbolizing royalty, sin, or judgment in biblical imagery
Greek · G2847
κόκκινος
Crimson-colored
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κόκκινοςG2847
Pronunciationkókkinos
What does κόκκινος (kókkinos) mean in the Bible?
κόκκινος (kókkinos): Deep red dye from insect cochineal, symbolizing royalty, sin, or judgment in biblical imagery
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2847?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include scarlet (4), a scarlet (2).
Where does κόκκινος (kókkinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Hebrews (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itscarlet4×Hebrews 9:19, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16
a scarlet2×Matthew 27:28, Revelation 17:3
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 27:28κοκκίνηνtoa scarletAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularHebrews 9:19κοκκίνουtoscarletAdjective - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 17:3κόκκινονtoa scarletAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularRevelation 17:4κόκκινονtoscarletAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularRevelation 18:12κοκκίνουtoscarletAdjective - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 18:16κόκκινονtoscarletAdjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 27:28
Aligned rows6
Books represented3
Matthew1Hebrews1Revelation4
Source forms
κόκκινον3xkokkinonRevelation 17:3, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:16
κοκκίνου2xkokkinouHebrews 9:19, Revelation 18:12
κοκκίνην1xkokkinēnMatthew 27:28
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular3xRevelation 17:3, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:16
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular2xHebrews 9:19, Revelation 18:12
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 27:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deep red dye from insect cochineal, symbolizing royalty, sin, or judgment in biblical imagery
Strong'sG2847
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms3 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMatthew 27:28Source Gloss
crimson-colored
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:28Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
κοκκίνην.kokkinhn
crimson
Read verseHebrews 9:19Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
κοκκίνουkokkinou
crimson
Read verseRevelation 17:3Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
κόκκινον,kokkinon
crimson
Read verseRevelation 17:4Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
κοκκίνῳ,kokkinw
crimson
Read verseRevelation 18:12Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
κοκκίνου·kokkinou
crimson
Read verseRevelation 18:16Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
κόκκινον,kokkinon
crimson
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms6Case patternAccusative (4)Number patternSingular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterHeb 9:19 · Rev 18:122×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterRev 17:3 · Rev 17:4 · Rev 18:163×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 27:281×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Robe placed on Jesus in mockery, symbolizing royal purple or crimson garment
Scarlet wool used in Levitical purification ritual with water and hyssop
Beast described as scarlet, symbolic of power and judgment in apocalyptic vision
Woman adorned in scarlet and purple, representing wealth and luxury of Babylon
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κόκκινος is built from this root:
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