Word Study · Strong's H6735 · Hebrew
צִיר
tsir
tseer
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsîyr
“a hinge (as pressed in turning)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal)
Rendered in the KJV as
ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736 (צִיר).
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- וְצִ֖יר2
- וְצִיר֙1
- כְּצִירֵ֖י1
- צִ֣יר1
- צִירָ֑הּ1
- צִירַי֙1
- צִירִ֤ים1
- צִירִ֗ים1
- צִירִ֣ים1
- צִרֶֽיהָ׃1
- צִרַ֙יךְ֙1
How it is rendered · 10
- and an envoy2
- pangs2
- an envoy1
- and an envoy of1
- envoys1
- envoys your1
- hinge[s] its1
- like [the] pangs of1
- pangs her1
- pangs my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
All 12, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 13:17וְצִ֖ירvetzirconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.here: and an envoy of
- Proverbs 25:13צִ֣ירtzirnoun · masculine singularLike the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.here: an envoy
- Proverbs 26:14צִירָ֑הּtzirahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAs a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.here: hinge[s] its
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 13:8צִירִ֤יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluralTerror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.here: pangs
- Isaiah 18:2צִירִ֗יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluralwhich sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.here: envoys
- Isaiah 21:3צִירִ֣יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluralTherefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.here: pangs
- Isaiah 21:3כְּצִירֵ֖יketzireipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.here: like [the] pangs of
- Isaiah 57:9צִרַ֙יךְ֙tziraikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYou went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.here: envoys your
Same headword in Strong's