Hebrew word study

שָׁשַׁרshâshar — red ochre (from its piercing color)

Pronounced “shaw-shar'”

red ochre (from its piercing color)

Translated in the King James as: vermillion.

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Origin: perhaps from the base of H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of that of H8320 (שָׂרֻק);

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