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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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