שָׁשַׁרshâshar/shaw-shar'/
HebrewH83502 occurrences (KJV)
red ochre (from its piercing color)
KJV renders it: vermillion.
Where it appears
- Jer 22:14who says, ‘I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- Ezek 23:14“She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.