Strong H5518H5518Bסִיר

thorn

Transliteration: sîyr sîyrâh sirâh
Pronunciation: {seer} {see-raw'} see-raw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication a hook: - {caldron} {fishhook} {pan} ([wash-]) {pot} thorn.

Detailed definition

1) thorn, hook, brier
1a) thorns
1b) hooks

In the Bible

Strong H5518B appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

thorn4
fishhook1

First verses

Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Isaiah 34:13
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.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Amos 4:2
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.
Nahum 1:10
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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