צִירtsîyr

צִיר: envoy, messenger, messenger in general (Proverbs 25:13; Jeremiah 49:14; Proverbs 13:17; Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 57:9)

Pronunciation: tseer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6735

Meanings

צִיר: pivot, hinge, (of door) (Proverbs 26:14)

צִיר: pangs, (properly writhing) (Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Daniel 1:1-200; 1 Samuel 4:19; Daniel 10:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 4:19 Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near her time of delivery. When she heard that the Ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth.
  • Proverbs 13:17 An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a reliable messenger brings healing.
  • Proverbs 25:13 Trustworthy messengers refresh like snow in summer. They revive the spirit of their employer.
  • Proverbs 26:14 As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.
  • Isaiah 13:8 and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
  • Isaiah 18:2 that sends ambassadors in swift boats down the river. Go, swift messengers! Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction, and whose land is divided by rivers.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).