Bible Encyclopedias
Ochre, Red
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ō´kẽr , ( Isaiah 44:13 , "He marketh it out with a pencil," margin "red ochre," the King James Version "line"; שׂרד , seredh , a word found only here, and of unknown etymology): Designates the implement used by the carpenter to mark the wood after measuring and before cutting. "Red ochre" supposes this to have been a crayon (as does "pencil"), but a scratch-awl is quite as likely. Ochre is clay colored by an iron compound.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Ochre, Red'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/o/ochre-red.html. 1915.