שָׁשַׁרshâshar

red colour, vermilion, (etymology unknown) (Jeremiah 22:14; Ezekiel 23:14)

Pronunciation: shaw-shar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8350

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 22:14 He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace with huge rooms and many windows. I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar and paint it a lovely red.’
  • Ezekiel 23:14 “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).