H8350
H8350 — שָׁשַׁר
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
shashar (shaw-shar') n-m.
1. red ochre (from its piercing color)
[perhaps from the base of H8324 in the sense of that of H8320]
KJV: vermillion.
Root(s): H8324, H8320
TWOT
TWOT: 2476
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KJV Renderings
vermillion.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9071
[שָׁשֵׁר] noun [masculine] red colour, vermilion (etymology unknown); — vermilion, formerly gained from kermes insect (vermiculus): מָשׁוֺחַ בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר Jer 22:14 ( ᵐ5 μίλτος, red ochre; ᵑ7 sinopis [from city Sinopis, whence the colour came PlinNH xxxv. [6] 13], compare ThatcherDB COLOURS CanneyEB1D.); חֲקֻקִים בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר Ezek 23:14.
[שָׁת], I. שֵׁת see שׁית .
II. שֵׁת see שֵׁאת below I. [שׁאה].
III. שֵׁת see II. שׁתה .