צִיר
ṣîr
envoy
Strong's H6735NounHebrewTWOT 1914b

צִיר (ṣîr) is a Hebrew noun meaning envoy. It appears 12 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6735).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1914b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1914b)pang, writhing; hinge, pressed, throe, pressure, herald, constrained; ambassador, messenger, pain, sorrow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צִיר noun, masculine: pang, writhing

pang (properly writhing)

Strong's H6735 צִיר: a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal)
KJV:ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1914: ציר ṣyr — Root of: צִיר pang, writhing; צִיר pivot, hinge

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 4:19Proverbs 13:17Isaiah 13:8

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