Shashar שָׁשֵׁר
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| שָׁשֵׁר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shashar |
| Strong's number | H8350 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | vermilion |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (1) |
Shashar (Hebrew שָׁשֵׁר, Strong's H8350) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “vermilion”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) red colour, vermilion
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | vermilion (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | vermilion (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Shashar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- 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.who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
Ezekiel
- 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,But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).