# H8350 שָׁשַׁר

שָׁשַׁר (shâshar), Strong’s H8350: red ochre (from its piercing color) KJV: vermillion.. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H8350 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*shâshar* — red ochre (from its piercing color)

KJV: vermillion.

Built from [שָׁרַר shârar](https://besorah.bible/word/H8324) (to be hostile) + [שָׂרֻק sâruq](https://besorah.bible/word/H8320) (bright red)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁשֵׁר] n.[m.] red colour, vermilion; Ez 23:14.

## Where it occurs
- [Jeremiah 22:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/22?v=14) — who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar…
- [Ezekiel 23:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/23?v=14) — “She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Kasdim portrayed with red,