Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

crimson

Meaning of “crimson”

Sense 1: A deep red color; a red tinged with blue. Sense 2: A red color in general.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 2:7

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “crimson”

KJV PCE
2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:7 · retained source text

Send me now therefore a man, cunning to worke in gold and in siluer, and in brasse, and in yron, and in purple and crimson, and blew, and that can skil to graue, with the cunning men that are with me in Iudah, and in Ierusalem, whome Dauid my father did prouide.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to graue grauings.

2 Chronicles 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:14 · retained source text

The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilfull to worke in golde and in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone and in timber, in purple, in blew, and in fine linen, and in crimson: also to graue any maner of grauing, and to find out euery deuice which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord Dauid thy father.

2 Chronicles 3:14
¶ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 3:14 · retained source text

¶ And he made the vaile of blue and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought Cherubims thereon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. caused to ascend

1611 marginal noteMat. 27.51.

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 shall be as wool.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:18 · retained source text

Come now and let vs reason together, saith the LORD: though your sinnes be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimsin, they shall be as wooll.

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 thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:30 · retained source text

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou doe? though thou clothest thy selfe with crimsin, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of golde, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vaine shalt thou make thy selfe faire, thy louers will despise thee, they will seeke thy life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. eyes.

Source order

Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A deep red color; a red tinged with blue; also, a red color in general.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 512