Criiison

Two words are tr. ' crimson ' in both AV and RV, ySh tCla (Is l'«), LXX k6kkipos, and S-p-ij /cnrmil (2 (jh 2'- ' 3'). Karmtl is a later word used in place of the earlier 'W sMni. ShAnl is rendered once (Jer 4*° AV) crimson. In the same passage in RV, and in all other passages where it occurs in both VSS, it is rendered scarlet. In Is 1" tj'jp' is rendered scarlet, LXX (poiviKow, and ySih crimson, LXX KbKKivov.

It is probable that the distinction of these two colours was not accurately made at that time, as indeed it has not been i)re- served in the VSS. See CoLOUR.s ; and for the insect producing both these colours see Scarlet. G. E. Post.