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Lexicon :: Strong's H5518 - sîr

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סִיר
Transliteration
sîr
Pronunciation
seer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root meaning to boil up
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1489,1490

Strong’s Definitions

סִיר çîyr, seer; or (feminine) סִירָה çîyrâh; or סִרָה çirâh; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook:—caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H5518 in the following manner: pot (21x), caldron (5x), thorns (4x), washpot (with H7366) (2x), pans (1x), fishhooks (with H1729) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H5518 in the following manner: pot (21x), caldron (5x), thorns (4x), washpot (with H7366) (2x), pans (1x), fishhooks (with H1729) (1x).
  1. pot

    1. pot (household utensil)

    2. pot (of temple)

  2. thorn, hook, brier

    1. thorns

    2. hooks

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִיר çîyr, seer; or (feminine) סִירָה çîyrâh; or סִרָה çirâh; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook:—caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.
STRONGS H5518: Abbreviations
† I. סִיר noun masculineJeremiah 1:13 and feminine 2 Kings 4:38 pot (probably foreign word (Egyptian ?), Arabic bdb069601 a large water-jar Lane1276is perhaps loan-word; on Greek derivatives σιρός, σίρινος see LewyFremdw. 107); — ס׳ absolute 2 Kings 4:38 +, construct Exodus 16:3 +; plural סִירֹת Exodus 38:3, סִירוֺת 1 Kings 7:45 +; suffix סִירֹתָיו Exodus 27:3, סִירֹתֵיכֶם Psalm 58:10; — pot:
1.
a. household utensil for boiling 2 Kings 4:38, 39, 40, 41 (twice in verse) הַבָּשָׂר ס׳ Exodus 16:3 (P), Zechariah 14:21; נָפוּחַ ס׳ Jeremiah 1:13 (compare נפח in vision), symbolic of Jerusalem Ezekiel 11:3, 7, 11; Ezekiel 24:3, 6; figurative also Psalm 58:10 (compare Che); in simile Micah 3:3; Job 41:23; Ecclesiastes 7:6.
b. רַחְצִי ס׳ Psalm 60:10 my washing-pot, Psalm 108:10.
2. pots used in sanctuary, Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 38:3 (both P), 1 Kings 7:40 (read סִירוֺת for MT כִּיִּרוֺת, so Manuscripts of HCT Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Th Ke Klo Kmp Benz), 1 Kings 7:45 2 Chronicles 4:11, 16; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18, also Jeremiah 52:19; 2 Chronicles 35:13; Zechariah 14:20. — Here belongs probably סִרָה in בּוֺר הַסִּרָה.

† II. [סִיר] noun [masculine] thorn, hook (Targum id.; compare סירם in Sabean proper name HomZMG xivi (1892), 532); —
1. plural סִירִים thorns, sign of desolation Isaiah 34:13, a barrier Hosea 2:8, on Nahum 1:10 see [סָבַךְ]; תַּחַת הַסִּיר כְּקוֺל הַסּ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:6 as the sound of thorns (crackling as they burn) under the pot.
2. plural סִירוֺת hooks Amos 4:2 (compare דּוּגָה below דגה; || צִנּוֺת; on relation of meanings see חוֺחַ, צֵן).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:3; 16:3; 27:3; 38:3

1 Kings

7:40; 7:45; 7:45

2 Kings

4:38; 4:38; 4:38; 4:39; 4:40; 4:41; 25:14

2 Chronicles

4:11; 4:16; 35:13

Job

41:23

Psalms

58:10; 58:10; 60:10; 108:10

Ecclesiastes

7:6; 7:6

Isaiah

34:13

Jeremiah

1:13; 1:13; 52:18; 52:19

Ezekiel

11:3; 11:7; 11:11; 24:3; 24:6; 27:3; 38:3

Hosea

2:8

Amos

4:2

Micah

3:3

Nahum

1:10

Zechariah

14:20; 14:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5518 matches the Hebrew סִיר (sîr),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots H5518 of [fn]meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to put this whole assembly to death with hunger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - “You shall make its pots H5518 for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its bowls and its flesh hooks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots H5518 and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - and the pots H5518 and the shovels and the bowls; and all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh were of polished bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 -

Now Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. [fn]As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his young man, “Put on the large pot H5518 and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - Then one went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine and gathered from it wild gourds filling his cloak and came and sliced them into the pot H5518 of stew, for they did not know what they were.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - So they poured it out for the men to eat. And it happened that as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, “O man of God, there is death in the pot H5518.” And they were unable to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - But he said, “Now bring flour.” He threw it into the pot H5518 and said, “Pour it out for the people that they may eat.” Then there was no harm in the pot H5518.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - They also took away the pots H5518, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used to minister.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 -

And Huram made the pots H5518 and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram completed doing the work which he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - And the pots H5518 and the shovels and the flesh hooks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - So they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the legal judgment, and they boiled the holy things in pots H5518, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 -

“It makes the depths boil like a pot H5518;

It makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 -

Before your pots H5518 can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 -

“Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Make a loud shout, O Philistia, because of Me!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 -

“Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Over Philistia I will make a loud shout.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 -

For as the crackling sound of thorn H5518 bushes H5518 under a pot H5518,

So is the laughter of the fool;

And this too is vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

And thorns H5518 will come up in its fortified towers,

Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;

It will also be a haunt of jackals

And an abode of ostriches.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 -

The word of Yahweh came to me a second time saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot H5518, facing away from the north.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - They also took away the pots H5518, the shovels, the snuffers, the bowls, the [fn]pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used to minister.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the captain of the guard also took away the cups, the firepans, the bowls, the pots H5518, the lampstands, the [fn]pans, and the offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3 - who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. [fn]This city is the pot H5518, and we are the flesh.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - ‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of [fn]the city are the flesh, and this city is the pot H5518; but [fn]I will bring you out of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - “This city will not be a pot H5518 for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - “Speak a parable to the rebellious house, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Put on the pot H5518, put it on and also pour water in it;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 -

‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Woe to the city of blood,

To the pot H5518 in which there is rust

And whose rust has not gone out of it!

Take out of it piece after piece,

[fn]Without making a choice.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 -

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up [fn]her way with thorns H5518,

And I will build [fn]a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 -

Lord Yahweh has sworn by His holiness that,

“Behold, the days are coming upon you,

And [fn]they will take you away with meat hooks,

And the last of you with fish hooks H5518.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3 -

And who eat the flesh of my people,

Strip off their skin from them,

Break their bones,

And spread them out as for the pot H5518

And as meat in a caldron.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 -

Like tangled thorns H5518,

And like those who are drunken with their drink,

They are consumed

As stubble fully dried up.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 -

In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to Yahweh.” And the pots H5518 in the house of Yahweh will be like the bowls before the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - And every pot H5518 in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a [fn]Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of hosts in that day.
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