שָׁשַׁר shâshar

Meaning

red ochre (from its piercing color)

In the King James Version: vermillion.

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

Where it is used

• Jeremiah 22:14 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 23:14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,