Strongs Number: H8350
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁשַׁר
- Transliteration
- shâshar
- Phonetic
- shaw-shar'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
red ochre (from its piercing color)
- BDB Definition
-
1. red colour, vermilion
a. formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
- Origin
- Perhaps from the base of H8324 in the sense of that of H8320
- Bible Usage
- vermillion.