“Crib” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
A stall for cattle, and the manger or rack for hay or straw (Job 39:9; Prov. 14:4; Isa. 1:3).
“Scarlet” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(orange-red). A Tyrian color much prized by ancients (Ex. 25:4; Prov. 31:21).
“Worm” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Many Hebrew words are translated worm, all indicative of something loathsome, destructive, helpless, or insignificant, as the moth
(Isa. 51:8); maggot (Job 19:26); possibly the serpent (Mic. 7:17). The allusion (Isa. 64:24; Mark 9:44-48), is thought to be to the valley near Jerusalem where the refuse of the city constantly bred worms and where fires were kept burning to consume the collections. The helplessness of the worm affords the figures (Job 25:6; Psa. 22:6; Isa. 41:14).
“Crimson” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Gerbera Daisy
Three Hebrew words are so translated.
1. karmil, a color prepared from an insect which inhabits a species of oak: it is crimson or deep scarlet (2 Chron. 2:7,14; 2 Chron. 3:14).
2. shani, the word commonly translated “scarlet” (Jer. 4:30).
3. tola, name of a worm, thought to be a dye of a bluish tint. This word occurs in the memorable passage in Isaiah’s prophecy, that though Israel’s sins should be red like crimson, they should be as wool (Isa. 1:18). The same word is translated scarlet in Lamentations 4:5.
“Scarlet” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Scarlet—Carmine
The word most frequently translated “scarlet” is shani, and this is often accompanied by the word tolaath, “worm or grub,” apparently intimating that the color was obtained from some insect, as it is now from the cochineal.
Cochineal bugs on a prickly pear plant.
Scarlet was much used in the needlework and hangings of the tabernacle, in conjunction with blue and purple; but there it apparently refers to some fabric of the color of scarlet. If the purple be taken as symbolical of royalty and universal dominion, the scarlet may signify earthly grandeur and Israelitish royalty (Ex. 39:1-29; Josh. 2:18,21; 2 Sam. 1:24; Prov. 31:21; Song of Sol. 4:3; Isa. 1:18). In the New Testament they clothed the Lord in a scarlet robe, κὀκκινος (Matt. 27:28) it is “purple” in Mark and John: it may have been an old faded robe that could be called either. Scarlet is also employed with purple to point out the earthly grandeur of Papal Rome (Rev. 17:3-4; Rev. 18:12,16).
“Worms” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The worm is used symbolically to show the extreme feebleness of man (Job 17:14; Job 25:6). In blessing Israel Jehovah said, “Fear not, thou worm Jacob” (Isa. 41:14); and the Lord, to indicate the low estate in which He was, said, “I am a worm and no man” (Psa. 22:6). In the grave man’s body becomes the companion of worms, if they do not actually feed upon it (Job 21:26; Job 24:20; Isa. 14:11). Of the eternal punishment of the wicked it is recorded “their worm dieth not” (Mark 9:44,46,48: Compare Isa. 66:24). Herod Agrippa, being smitten by an angel, was literally “eaten of worms” (Acts 12:23). In Job 25:6 man is compared to a worm—literally “a maggot”—an apt figure of moral corruption.
Maggots
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
and (feminine) towleoah {to-lay-aw'}; or towla ath {to-lah'-ath}; or tolaiath {to-lah'-ath}; from 3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of 8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith
KJV Usage:
crimson, scarlet, worm