Çîyr — H5518

H5518 · Hebrew — סיר

Pronunciation: seer

Other spellings: çirâh סִרָה

Definition

masculine noun

a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook

  1. pot
    1. pot (household utensil)
    2. pot (of temple)
  2. thorn, hook, brier
    1. thorns
    2. hooks

Usually translated as

pot, caldron, washpot, fishhook, pan, thorn

Origin

or (feminine) çîyrâh; or çirâh; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çîyr occurs 34 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (3), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (3), Job (1), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (5), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — C