1) crimson, scarlet coloured. A kernel, the grain or berry of the "ilex coccifera"; these berries are the clusters of the eggs of a female insect, the "kermes" (resembling the cochineal), and when collected and pulverised produces a red which was used in dyeing
2) scarlet cloth or clothing
Part of Speech: adjective
Citing in TDNT: 3:812, 450
G2847
From G2848 (from the kernel shape of the insect); crimson colored: - scarlet (colour, coloured).
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scarlet cloth | 6.170 |
scarlet | 79.29 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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