H8350: שָׁשַׁר
shâshar · pronounced shaw-shar' · “vermilion”
Definition
red ochre (from its piercing color)
KJV translates it as: vermillion.
Word origin: perhaps from the base of H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of that of H8320 (שָׂרֻק);
Extended definition
1) red colour, vermilion
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8350 is translated
- vermilion ×2
Bible verses with H8350 (shâshar)
Shâshar appears in 2 verses.
- Jeremiah 22:14
That 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 23:14
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,