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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
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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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

H5518

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the utensils of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils made he of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these things, which Hiram made king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, were of bright brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it his lap full of wild colocynths, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they did not know them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out and said, Man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - And he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - The cauldrons also and the shovels and the knives and the cups, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, they took away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the consecrated things they boiled in pots and in cauldrons and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the children of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, -- they shall be whirled away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; over Philistia will I shout aloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething-pot, and its face is from the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - The pots also, and the shovels, and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, they took away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the basons and the censers, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the cups, and the goblets, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3 - who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - This shall not be your cauldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it: I will judge you in the borders of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence her in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 - the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold, days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3 - and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 - Though they be tangled together as thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein. And in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.
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