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Strong's H5518 סִיר (cir)

Cir means “thorn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5518 — choinix (“measure”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5518
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 32
Books 15

Strong's H5518 Quick Answer

Strong's H5518 סִיר סִירָה סִרָה (ciyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ciyr (seer) (or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'} or cirah (Jeremiah 52) n-m. 1. a pot 2. (also) a thorn (as springing up rapidly) It has 32 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include pot, pots, thorns, also, and hooks. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ciyr (seer) (or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'} or cirah (Jeremiah 52) n-m. 1. a pot 2. (also) a thorn (as springing up rapidly)
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
pot, pots, thorns, also, and hooks

Meaning and Definition

ciyr (seer) (or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'} or cirah (Jeremiah 52) n-m. 1. a pot 2. (also) a thorn (as springing up rapidly) 3. (by implication) a hook [from a primitive root meaning to boil up] KJV: caldron, fishhook, pan, ((wash-))pot, thorn.

Original Word
סִיר סִירָה סִרָה
Transliteration
ciyr
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5518. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5518 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ciyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

pot 2 Kings 4:38 11× pots Exodus 16:3 thorns Isaiah 34:13 also Jeremiah 52:18 hooks Amos 4:2

How Strong's H5518 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5518 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5518 in the Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 16:3 KJV

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus 27:3 KJV

And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

Exodus 38:3 KJV

And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5518.

Exodus 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Exodus 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Exodus 38:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
1 Kings 7:45 Old Testament, KJV
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
2 Kings 4:38 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
2 Kings 4:39 Old Testament, KJV
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
2 Kings 4:40 Old Testament, KJV
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
2 Kings 4:41 Old Testament, KJV
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
2 Kings 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
2 Chronicles 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
2 Chronicles 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
2 Chronicles 35:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
Job 41:31 Old Testament, KJV
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Psalms 58:9 Old Testament, KJV
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalms 60:8 Old Testament, KJV
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Psalms 108:9 Old Testament, KJV
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Isaiah 34:13 Old Testament, KJV
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Jeremiah 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah 52:18 Old Testament, KJV
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Jeremiah 52:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Ezekiel 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
Ezekiel 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Ezekiel 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Hosea 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Amos 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Micah 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Nahum 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
Zechariah 14:20 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Zechariah 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5518, grouped by book.

Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5518 FAQ

What does cir (סִיר) mean?

Cir (Strong's H5518) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "thorn". ciyr (seer) (or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'} or cirah (Jeremiah 52) n-m. 1. a pot 2. (also) a thorn (as springing up rapidly)

How many times is cir (סִיר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H5518 across 15 books.

Where can I study cir (סִיר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5518 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cir (סִיר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pot, pots, thorns, also, and hooks. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.