Strong’s H8350 · Hebrew
שָׁשַׁר
shâshar · shaw-shar'
Origin perhaps from the base of שָׁרַר (H8324) in the sense of that of שָׂרֻק (H8320);
Meaning red ochre (from its piercing color)
In the King James Version vermillion.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 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,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.