H8350 H8350
Vermilion, red pigment (bright red color used for decorative painting or drawing)
This term denotes vermilion, a bright red pigment used in ancient decoration and art. Jeremiah 22:14 condemns the king who builds lavishly, 'painting it with vermilion'—red decoration as a sign of luxury and oppression. Ezekiel 23:14 describes images of Chaldeans 'engraved in vermilion' on a wall, colorful depictions that seduce Jerusalem. The pigment may derive from red ochre or kermes insect dye. The Septuagint uses 'miltos' (red ochre) and the Vulgate 'sinopis' (from Sinope, source of the pigment), showing ancient recognition of this as a red coloring substance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A bright red pigment or dye used for decorative purposes in buildings and artwork, associated with luxury and foreign influence. Both prophetic passages use vermilion painting negatively: Jeremiah links it to exploitative building projects, while Ezekiel connects it to idolatrous fascination with Babylonian imagery. Spanish 'bermellón' directly translates the English 'vermilion,' both referring to this distinctive red color. The construct phrase 'engraved/painted in vermilion' shows its use as a coloring medium applied to surfaces. 2×
AR["بِ-الشَّاشَرِ", "بِالسِّلَقَةِ"]·ben["-সিঁদুরে।", "সিঁদুরে"]·DE["[בששר]"]·EN["in-vermilion", "with-the-vermillion"]·FR["[בששר]", "vermillon"]·heb["ב-ששר"]·HI["में-सिंदूर", "से-लाल"]·ID["dengan-merah", "dengan-warna-merah"]·IT["[בששר]"]·jav["ing-abang.", "kanthi-abang"]·KO["-주홍색으로", "에-주홍으로"]·PT["com-vermelho", "de-vermelho"]·RU["красной-краской"]·ES["con-bermellon", "con-bermellón"]·SW["kwa-rangi-nyekundu"]·TR["kırmızı-ile", "vermillon-ile"]·urd["سرخ-رنگ-سے", "سندور-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שָׁשֵׁר] n.[m.] red colour, vermilion (etym. unknown);—vermilion, formerly gained from kermes insect (vermiculus): מָשׁוֹחַ בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר Je 22:14 (𝔊 μίλτος, red ochre; 𝔙 sinopis [from city Sinopis, whence the colour came PlinNH xxxv. [6] 13], cf. ThatcherDB colours CanneyEB 1D.); חֲקֻקִים בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר Ez 23:14.