- Original: ציר - Transliteration: Tsiyr - Phonetic: tseer - Definition: 1. envoy, messenger 2. pivot of door, hinge 3. pang, distress - Origin: from H6696 - TWOT entry: 1913a,1914a,1914b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H6696 ; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a physical or mental pressure); also a herald or errand doer (as constrained by the principal): - ambassador hinge messenger pain pang sorrow. Compare H6736 . Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • ambassador, 3 Proverbs 13:17; Jeremiah 49:14; Obadiah 1:1 • ambassadors, 1 Isaiah 18:2 • hinges, 1 Proverbs 26:14 • messenger, 1 Proverbs 25:13 • messengers, 1 Isaiah 57:9 • pains, 1 1 Samuel 4:19 • pangs, 3 Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3(2) • sorrows, 1 Daniel 10:16