Quick Definition
vermilion
Strong's Definition
red ochre (from its piercing color)
Derivation: perhaps from the base of H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of that of H8320 (שָׂרֻק);
KJV Usage: vermillion.
TWOT Reference: 2476
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) red colour, vermilion
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁשֵׁר (sha.shar) — vermilion. 1) red colour, vermilion 1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁשֵׁר] n.[m.] red colour, vermilion; Ez 23:14. ref