The Definition of the word Scarlet

Scarlet

This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish "Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis," "an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the" Arabians. "This colour was early known (Gen. 38:28). It was one of the "colours of the ephod (Ex. 28:6), the girdle (8), and the" breastplate (15) of the high priest. It is also mentioned in various other connections (Josh. 2:18; 2 Sam. 1:24; Lam. 4:5; Nahum 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord "(Matt. 27:28; Luke 23:11). "Sins as scarlet" (Isa. 1:18), i.e.," "as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson" "were the firmest of dyes, and thus not easily washed out."