Lexical Definition

‎סִיר‎ çîyr (seer) pot ^H:N-F
or (feminine) סִירָה çîyrâh (see-raw'); or סִרָה çirâh (see-raw'); (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up

caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.

• a pot
• also a thorn (as springing up rapidly)
• by implication, a hook

1) pot
1a) pot (household utensil)
1b) pot (of temple)
2) thorn, hook, brier
2a) thorns
2b) hooks

See Greek: ἄκανθα · ἀκάνθινος · σκόλοψ · χαλκίον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎סִיר‎ noun masculine^{Jer 1:13} and feminine^{2Kgs 4:38} pot (probably foreign word (Egyptian ?), Arabic a large water-jar Lane^{1276 is perhaps loan-word}; on Greek derivatives σιρός, σίρινος see Lewy^{Fremdw. 107}); — ‎׳‎‎ס‎ absolute 2Kgs 4:38 +, construct Exod 16:3 +; plural ‎סִירֹת‎ Exod 38:3, ‎סִירוֺת‎ 1Kgs 7:45 +; suffix ‎סִירֹתָיו‎ Exod 27:3, ‎סִירֹתֵיכֶם‎ Ps 58:10* — pot:

1. a. household utensil for boiling 2Kgs 4:38; 2Kgs 4:39; 2Kgs 4:40; 2Kgs 4:41 (twice in verse) ‎הַבָּשָׂר‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Exod 16:3 (P), Zech 14:21 ‎נָפוּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Jer 1:13 (compare ‎נפח‎ in vision), symbolic of Jerusalem Ezek 11:3; Ezek 11:7; Ezek 11:11; Ezek 24:3; Ezek 24:6 figurative also Ps 58:10* (compare Che); in simile Mic 3:3; Job 41:23*; Eccl 7:6.
b. ‎רַחְצִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Ps 60:10* my washing-pot, Ps 108:10*.

2. pots used in sanctuary, Ezek 27:3; Ezek 38:3 (both P), 1Kgs 7:40 (read ‎סִירוֺת‎ for ᵑ0 ‎כִּיִּרוֺת‎, so Manuscripts of HCT ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th Ke Klo Kmp Benz), v1Kgs 7:45 = 2Chr 4:11; 2Chr 4:16; 2Kgs 25:14 = Jer 52:18, also Jer 52:19; 2Chr 35:13; Zech 14:20. — Here belongs probably ‎סִרָה‎ in ‎בּוֺר הַסִּרָה‎.

II. [‎סִיר‎] noun [masculine] thorn, hook (ᵑ7 id.; compare ‎סירם‎ in Sabean proper name Hom^{ZMG xivi (1892), 532}); —

1. plural ‎סִירִים‎ thorns, sign of desolation Isa 34:13, a barrier Hos 2:8*, on Nah 1:10 see [ ‎סָבַךְ‎]; ‎תַּחַת הַסִּיר‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּקוֺל הַסּ‎ Eccl 7:6 as the sound of thorns (crackling as they burn) under the pot.

2. plural ‎סִירוֺת‎ hooks Amos 4:2 (compare ‎דּוּגָה‎ below ‎דגה‎; || ‎צִנּוֺת‎; on relation of meanings see ‎חוֺחַ‎, ‎צֵן‎).

‎סָךְ‎, [‎סֹךְ‎], ‎סֻכָּה‎, ‎סֻכּוֺת‎ see II. ‎סכך‎.

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