Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6735
צִיר
tsirtseer
envoy; hinge; pang
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6735is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6735
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)
The King James renders it: ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736 (צִיר).
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
tsir is rendered "envoy; hinge; pang". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "envoy".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 4:19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
1 Samuel 4:19צִרֶֽיהָ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: envoy, and hinge, and pang.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| envoyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Samuel 4:19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth… |
| hingeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| pangStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and an envoy2
- pangs2
- an envoy1
- and an envoy of1
- envoys1
- envoys your1
- hinge its1
- like pangs of1
- pangs her1
- pangs my1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צִיר | tsir | image | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- וְצִ֖יר2
- וְצִיר֙1
- כְּצִירֵ֖י1
- צִ֣יר1
- צִירָ֑הּ1
- צִירַי֙1
- צִירִ֤ים1
- צִירִ֗ים1
- צִירִ֣ים1
- צִרֶֽיהָ׃1
- צִרַ֙יךְ֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
1 Samuel
one use
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- צִרֶֽיהָ׃tzireihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: pangs her
Proverbs
three uses
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
- וְצִ֖ירvetzirconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an envoy of
Like 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.
- צִ֣ירtzirnoun · masculine singulartagged: an envoy
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
- צִירָ֑הּtzirahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: hinge its
Isaiah
five uses
Terror, 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.
- צִירִ֤יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: pangs
which 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.
- צִירִ֗יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: envoys
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.
- צִירִ֣יםtzirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: pangs
- כְּצִירֵ֖יketzireipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like pangs of
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
- צִרַ֙יךְ֙tziraikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: envoys your
Jeremiah
one use
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
- וְצִ֖ירvetzirconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an envoy
Daniel
one use
And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
- צִירַי֙tzirainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: pangs my
Obadiah
one use
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
- וְצִיר֙vetzirconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an envoy
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.