H3758 כַּרְמִיל (karmîyl) kar-mele'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

crimson

Strong's Definition

carmine, a deep red

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: crimson.

TWOT Reference: 1043

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) crimson, red, carmine

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2847

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כַּרְמִיל (kar.mil) — crimson. crimson, red, carmine

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כַּרְמִיל (H3758) SAHD

noun m

Cloth

crimson = woven material, dyed with a deep red color

2CH 2:6 · 2CH 2:13 · 2CH 3:14

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כַּרְמִיל n.[m.] crimson, carmine, i.e. crimson stuff, cloth; late base

Bible Occurrences (3)

2:7 2:14 3:14

2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me, therefore, a craftsman... skilled in engraving... to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

2 Chronicles 2:14

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving... and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.

2 Chronicles 3:14

He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.