שָׁנִי shani

Hebrew word for “scarlet” · Strong’s H8144 · used 42 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

1) scarlet, crimson; 1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

How it is translated

Glosses given for shani in context, with how often each is used:

• scarlet 38
• scarlet thread 2
• scarlets 1
• like scarlet 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 39 (7), Exodus 28 (5), Leviticus 14 (5), Exodus 35 (4), Exodus 26 (3), Exodus 36 (3), Genesis 38 (2), Exodus 38 (2), Joshua 2 (2), Exodus 25 (1)

Forms

• שׁני 26
• השׁני 10
• ושׁני 3
• ובשׁני 1
• שׁנים 1
• כשׁנים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shani more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 34
• אַרְגָּמָן argaman “purple” 26
• תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet “blue” 26
• שֵׁשׁ shesh “linen” 23
• שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 16
• מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 15
• רָקַם raqam “to weave” 7
• חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 10
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 11
• אֵזוֹב ezov “hyssop” 6
• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 6
• צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 5

Key verses

The verses using shani that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
• Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
• Exodus 26:36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
• Exodus 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of…
• Exodus 35:35 — Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in…
• Exodus 36:8 — And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with…
• Exodus 39:1 — And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD…
• Leviticus 14:4 — Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
• Joshua 2:18 — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father,…
• Song of Solomon 4:3 — Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
• Isaiah 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they…
• Jeremiah 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.