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צִיר tsir
Hebrew word for “envoy” · Strong’s H6735 · used 12 times in 11 verses
Meaning
envoy, messenger
Senses in the lexicon
- envoy (6)
- pang (5)
- hinge (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsir in context, with how often each is used:
- envoy 4
- pangs 4
- envoys 2
- like the pangs 1
- hinges 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 4 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 25 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 18 (1), Isaiah 21 (1), Isaiah 57 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1), Daniel 10 (1)
Forms
- וציר 3
- צירים 3
- ציר 1
- צריך 1
- צריה 1
- כצירי 1
- צירי 1
- צירה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שְׁמוּעָה shemuah “tidings” 3
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 5
- בָּהַל bahal “to dismay” 2
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
- יָלַד yalad “to beget” 3
- אָחַז achaz “to grasp” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
- הָפַךְ haphakh “to overturn” 2
- מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 2
- אָדוֹן adon “lord” 2
- מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 2
- קוּם qum “to arise” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 4:19 — And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her…
- Proverbs 13:17 — A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
- Proverbs 25:13 — As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
- Proverbs 26:14 — As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
- Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another;…
- Isaiah 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a…
- Isaiah 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was…
- Isaiah 57:9 — And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
- Jeremiah 49:14 — I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
- Daniel 10:16 — And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord,…
- Obadiah 1:1 — The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye,…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.