{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6735",
  "lemma": "צִיר",
  "transliteration": "tsîyr",
  "definition": "a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal)",
  "kjv": "ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736 (צִיר).",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6696",
      "lemma": "צוּר",
      "transliteration": "tsûwr",
      "meaning": "to cramp, i.e. confine",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6696"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "צִיר n.m. envoy, messenger",
    "צִיר n.[m.]",
    "[צִיר] n.[m.] pang (prop. writhing)",
    "צִיר n.[m.]",
    "[צִיר] n.[m.] pivot (of door), hinge;—Pr 26:14"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 4:19",
      "text": "His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/4?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 13:8",
      "text": "They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 18:2",
      "text": "that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 21:3",
      "text": "Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 57:9",
      "text": "You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 49:14",
      "text": "I have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Obadiah 1:1",
      "text": "The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/obadiah/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:17",
      "text": "A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 25:13",
      "text": "As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/25?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 26:14",
      "text": "As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/26?v=14"
    }
  ],
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