H8350 שָׁשַׁר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

שָׁשַׁר

shâshar · shaw-shar'

Definition

red ochre (from its piercing color)

KJV Renderings

vermillion.

Derivation / Etymology

perhaps from the base of H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of that of H8320 (שָׂרֻק);

KJV Verses (2)

Jeremiah 22:14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Ezekiel 23:14And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,