Strong's Hebrew · H8350
שָׁשַׁר
shâshar · shaw-shar'
Definitionred ochre (from its piercing color)
Derivationperhaps from the base of H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of that of H8320 (שָׂרֻק);
KJV usagevermillion.
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
שָׁשַׁר in Scripture
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,