- Transliteration: Kokkinos

- Phonetic: kok'-kee-nos

- Definition:

1. crimson, scarlet coloured. A kernel, the grain or berry of the "ilex coccifera"; these berries are the clusters of the eggs of a female insect, the "kermes" (resembling the cochineal), and when collected and pulverised produces a red which was used in dyeing (Pliny)

2. scarlet cloth or clothing

- Origin: from G2848" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2848 (from the kernel-shape of the insect)

- TDNT entry: 16:32,5

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From G2848" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2848 (from the kernel shape of the insect); crimson colored: - scarlet (colour coloured).