4808 crimson
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A deep red colour used interchangeably with scarlet and sometimes with purple. It has associations with blood and richness.

The richness of crimson used for ornamentation

Exodus 25:3-4; Exodus 28:6 It was used extensively in the construction of the tabernacle ; 2 Chronicles 2:7 See also 2 Chronicles 2:14; Corinthians 3:14

Crimson associated with splendour and prosperity

2 Samuel 1:24; Revelation 18:16 See also Proverbs 31:21; Jeremiah 4:30; Nahum 2:3; Matthew 27:28 pp Mark 15:17; Revelation 18:12

Crimson associated with blood and sin

Isaiah 1:18 See also Leviticus 14:3-6,49-53; Numbers 19:6; Isaiah 63:1-3; Hebrews 9:19; Revelation 17:3-4

Everyday use of the colour crimson

Genesis 38:28; Joshua 2:17-18; Songs 4:3

See also

4807  colours
5258  cloth
7459  tabernacle, in OT



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