Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4800 Natural and supernatural phenomena » 4808 crimson
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
