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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.
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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 people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.

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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, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - Now the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the LORD, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O 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 - He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, 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 - And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - And they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

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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 fools;
this also is vanity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the basins and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - also the small bowls and the fire pans and the basins and the pots and the lampstands and the dishes for incense and the bowls for drink offerings. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3 - who say, ‘The time is not near[fn] to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Set on the pot, set it on;
pour in water also;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - Therefore I will hedge up her[fn] way with thorns,
and I will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 - The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
when they shall take you away with hooks,
even the last of you with fishhooks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 - For they are like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
they are consumed like stubble fully dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the LORD.” And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as 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 Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader[fn] in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
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