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Summary
- Scarlet is in the Bible as a color and a costly dyed cloth; no one in Scripture is named Scarlet or Scarlett.
- The dye came from the kermes insect: the Hebrew tola’at shani means “scarlet worm,” and the Greek kokkinos comes from kokkos, “grain.”
- Spanish Bibles use both grana and escarlata for scarlet; Portuguese Bibles use escarlata and escarlate.
- Scarlet yarn was woven into the tabernacle and used in cleansing rites, and Rahab tied a scarlet cord in her window at Jericho (Joshua 2:18).
- Isaiah 1:18 promises that sins “like scarlet” shall be “as white as snow”; Matthew 27:28 describes a scarlet robe on Jesus, and Revelation 17 a woman in purple and scarlet.
- Scarlett is an English surname for a maker or seller of scarlet cloth, made famous as a first name by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1936).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- BibleGateway, English Standard Version: Genesis 38:28–30; Exodus 25:4; 26:1, 31; 28:5–6, 33; Leviticus 14:4, 49–52; Numbers 19:6; Joshua 2:18, 21; 6:25; 2 Samuel 1:24; Proverbs 31:21; Isaiah 1:15–20; Matthew 27:28–29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2; Hebrews 9:19; Revelation 17:3–4; 18:12, 16. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A15-20&version=ESV
- BibleGateway, King James Version, Joshua 2:18. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+2%3A18&version=KJV
- BibleGateway, Reina-Valera 1960: Joshua 2:18; Isaiah 1:18; Exodus 25:4; Proverbs 31:21; Matthew 27:28. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A18&version=RVR1960
- BibleGateway, Almeida Revista e Corrigida: Joshua 2:18; Isaiah 1:18; Exodus 25:4; Proverbs 31:21; Matthew 27:28. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A18&version=ARC
- “Kermes (dye),” Wikipedia, on the insect, its host oaks, the name “grain” and the biblical tola’at shani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermes_(dye)
- Wiktionary, “κόκκινος.” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82
- Wikcionario, “grana” and “escarlata.” https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/grana
- Blue Letter Bible, Strong’s G5511 (chlamys). https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5511/kjv/tr/0-1/
- Bible Hub, commentaries on Matthew 27:28, including Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers and Barnes’ Notes on the Bible. https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/27-28.htm
- Bible Hub, commentaries on Proverbs 31:21, including Gill’s Exposition on the Vulgate’s “double.” https://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/31-21.htm
- The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, chapter 12, New Advent translation. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1010.htm
- Online Etymology Dictionary, “scarlet.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/scarlet
- Behind the Name, “Scarlett,” with its United States popularity table. https://www.behindthename.com/name/scarlett
- “Scarlett O’Hara,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_O%27Hara
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