Context: Kermes is also mentioned in the Bible. In the Book of Exodus, God instructs Moses to have the Israelites bring him an offering including cloth "of blue, and purple, and scarlet." The term used for scarlet in the 4th century Latin Vulgate version of the Bible passage is coccumque bis tinctum, meaning "colored twice with coccus." Coccus, from the ancient Greek Kokkos, means a tiny grain and is the term that was used in ancient times for the Kermes vermilio insect used to make the Kermes dye. This was also the origin of the expression "dyed in the grain."

Question: In which book of the Bible did God reference gifts of Blue Purple and Scarlet?
Answer: the Book of Exodus

Question: What does coccumque bis tinctum translate to in english?
Answer: colored twice with coccus

Question: In ancient greek, what is coccus referred to as?
Answer: Kokkos

Question: What does Kokkos mean in english?
Answer: a tiny grain

Question: In what century did the latin vulgate bible use the term coccumque bis tinctum?
Answer: 4th century

Question: Who did Moses instruct to bring him cloth?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What color cloth did Moses have the Israelites bring him?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does tinctum bis coccumque translate to?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What Greek word does Kokkos derive from?
Answer: Unanswerable