CRIMSON, the tr. (KJV) of three words in Heb.: שָׁנִי֒, H9106, (Jer 4:30); תּﯴלָע֒, H9355, (Isa 1:18); and כַּרְמִיל, H4147, Gr. κόκκινος, G3132, (cochineal). Pliny described the color as a red shading from the dark rose into Tyrian purple (Nat. Hist. XXI, 45, 46). It is derived from the body of the female cochineal. The crimson cochineal of Armenia was preferred by the Hebrews after Sargon II (Forbes, Anc. Tech. IV, 102). The cochineal dye was used for crimson in the Tabernacle.