Vermilion
שָׁשֵׁרStrong’s H8350shashar (sha-shar)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shashar is the Hebrew word usually translated “vermilion”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Red colour, vermilionformerly gained from 'kermes' insect
How it's translated
- with vermilion 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁשֵׁר shashar · vermilion
1) red colour, vermilion 1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.