Lexical Definition

‎כַּרְמִיל‎ karmîyl (kar-mele') crimson ^H:N-M
probably of foreign origin

crimson.

• carmine, a deep red

1) crimson, red, carmine

See Greek: κόκκινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כַּרְמִיל‎ noun [masculine] crimson, carmine, i.e. crimson stuff, cloth; late (probably Persian loan-word, and a derive. from Persian worm, see De^{ZDuth. Th. 1878, 593}); — only 2Chr 2:6*; 2Chr 2:13*; 2Chr 3:14 (in all + ‎אַרְגָּמָן (ו־ָןׅ‎ ‎תְּכֵלֶת‎ 2Chr 2:13*; 2Chr 3:14 + ‎בּוּץ‎ also ); read perhaps also for ‎כַּדְמֶל‎ Song 7:6* (|| ‎אַרְגָּוָן‎: so Gi, of hair formed spirally, like shell-fish; Gr, of glossy hair).

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