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Lexicon :: Strong's H5518 - sîr

Aa
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 BoxExo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And make all its vessels, the baskets for taking away the dust of the fire, the spades and basins and meat-hooks and fire-trays, of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - Moab is my washpot; on Edom is the resting-place of my shoe; over Philistia will I send out a glad cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3 - Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - For this reason the Lord has said: Your dead whom you have put down in its streets, they are the flesh, and this town is the cooking-pot: but I will make you come out from inside it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - This town will not be your cooking-pot, and you will not be the flesh inside it; I will be your judge at the limit of the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - For this is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood, the cooking-pot which is unclean inside, which has never been made clean! take out its bits; its fate is still to come on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 - The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3 - Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 - For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - On that day all the bells of the horses will be holy to the Lord, and the pots in the Lord's house will be like the basins before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of armies: and all those who make offerings will come and take them for boiling their offerings: in that day there will be no more traders in the house of the Lord of armies.
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