Crimson.
Three Hebrew words are so translated.
1. karmil, a colour prepared from an insect which inhabits a species of oak: it is crimson or deep scarlet. 2 Chronicles 2:7, 2 Chronicles 1:2; 2 Chronicles 1:3.
2. shani, the word commonly translated 'scarlet.' Jeremiah 4:30.
3. tola, name of a worm, thought to be a dye of a bluish tint. This word occurs in the memorable passage in Isaiah's prophecy, that though Israel's sins should be red like crimson, they should be as wool. Isaiah 1:18. The same word is translated scarlet in Lamentations 4:5.