What Is Scarlet in the Bible?
Object
A strong red color, and the cloth dyed that color. The dye came from an insect, like cochineal.
Where it appears in the Bible
Joshua 2:18
What the Bible says
Joshua 2:18
If when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kindred into thy house.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “scarlet”