Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5518
סִיר
sirseer
pot; thorn
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5518is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5518
a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
The King James renders it: caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sir is rendered "pot; thorn". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Six of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "pot".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
Exodus 16:3סִ֣יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: pot, and thorn.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| potStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said… |
| thornStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the pots8
- the pot6
- pot of4
- in the pot3
- a pot2
- thorns2
- in the pots1
- into a pot1
- like the pot1
- pot1
- pots its1
- pots your1
and 3 more, 34 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַסִּ֑יר2
- הַסִּ֔יר2
- סִ֬יר2
- בַּסִּיר֙1
- בַּסִּ֔יר1
- בַּסִּֽיר׃ ס1
- בְּסִיר֥וֹת1
- בַּסִּיר֤וֹת1
- בַּסִּירִ֑ים1
- הַסִּ֣יר1
- הַסִּיר֙1
- הַסִּיר֨וֹת1
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural8HTd/Ncfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular6HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular4HRd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp2mp
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HRd/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
Exodus
three uses
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- סִ֣ירsirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pot of
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- סִּֽירֹתָיו֙sirotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: pots its
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- הַסִּירֹ֤תhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
1 Kings
one use
and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- הַסִּיר֨וֹתhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
2 Kings
six uses
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- הַסִּ֣ירhasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
- סִ֥ירsirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pot of
And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
- בַּסִּיר֙basirpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the pot
Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
- הַסִּ֑ירhasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
- בַּסִּֽיר׃ סbasirpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the pot
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- הַסִּירֹ֨תhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
2 Chronicles
three uses
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- הַ֨סִּיר֔וֹתhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- הַ֠סִּירוֹתhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
- בַּסִּיר֤וֹתbasirotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the pots
Job
one use
He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
- כַּסִּ֣ירkasirpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the pot
Psalms
three uses
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣םsiroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pots your
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- סִ֬ירsirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pot of
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- סִ֬ירsirnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pot of
Ecclesiastes
two uses
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
- הַסִּירִים֙hasirimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thorns
- הַסִּ֔ירhasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
Isaiah
one use
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
- סִירִ֔יםsirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: thorns
Jeremiah
three uses
Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
- סִ֤ירsirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a pot
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- הַ֠סִּרוֹתhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- הַסִּיר֣וֹתhasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
Ezekiel
five uses
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
- הַסִּ֔ירhasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
- הַסִּ֑ירhasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
- לְסִ֔ירlesirpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a pot
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
- הַסִּיר֙hasirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pot
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- סִ֚ירsirnoun · feminine singulartagged: a pot
Hosea
one use
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
- בַּסִּירִ֑יםbasirimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the thorns
Amos
one use
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- בְּסִיר֥וֹתbesirotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with hooks of
Micah
one use
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
- בַּסִּ֔ירbasirpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the pot
Nahum
one use
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
- סִירִ֣יםsirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: thorns
Zechariah
two uses
On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
- הַסִּירוֹת֙hasirotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the pots
Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.
- סִ֨ירsirnoun · feminine singulartagged: pot
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.