Help QuickNav Adv. Options
RSV

RSV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
צָרָה
Transliteration
ṣārâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-raw'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1973c,1974b

Strong’s Definitions

צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

  1. straits, distress, trouble

  2. vexer, rival wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS H6869: Abbreviations
I. צָרָה 72 noun feminine id.; — absolute צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:24 +, צָרָתָה Psalm 120:1 (Ges§ 90g); construct צָרַת Genesis 42:21; suffix צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 +, צָרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, etc.; plural צָרוֺת absolute Isaiah 65:16 +; suffix צָרֹתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19, etc.; — straits, distress, Genesis 42:21 (E), 1 Samuel 26:24; 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Isaiah 8:22; Job 5:19; Job 27:9; especially Psalms (24 times), e.g. Job 22:12; Job 25:17 (see רחב), Job 25:22; Job 31:8; Job 34:17, 18; specifically of travail, צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים Jeremiah 49:24 (simile), compare Jeremiah 4:31 (Gie צְוָחָה, after Greek Version of the LXX); צָרַת נַפְשׁוֺ Genesis 42:21 (E); בְּיוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E), Psalm 77:3; Psalm 86:7, compare 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; Psalm 20:2; Psalm 50:15; Proverbs 24:10; Proverbs 25:19; Jeremiah 16:19; Obadiah 12,14; Nahum 1:7; Habakkuk 3:16, וּמְצוּקָה יוֺם צ׳ Zephaniah 1:15; בְּעֵתצָֿרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, compare Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 37:39; Isaiah 33:2; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; also בַּצָּרָה Psalm 81:8, בְּצָרָה Psalm 91:15; Nehemiah 9:37, בְּצָדוֺת Psalm 46:2, etc.; רָעוֺת וְצָרוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17, 21 compare 1 Samuel 10:19; Psalm 71:20, צָרָה וְצוּקָה Proverbs 1:27, וְצ׳ אֶרֶץ צ׳ Isaiah 30:6; with ל (poetry), בַּצָּרָ֫תָה לִי Psalm 120:1 in my distress, מִצָּרָה לִי Jonah 2:3. — צָרָה Zechariah 10:11, read מִצְרַיִם [or מָצוֺר] We Now GASm; צֹ֫רָה KloThLz, 1879, 566 StaZAW i (1881), 22; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1 see H1226 בַּצָּרָה.

II. [צָרָה] noun feminine vexer, rival-wife (see references below √; also Ecclus 37:11); — suffix צָרָתָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:3; 35:3; 42:21; 42:21; 42:21

Deuteronomy

31:17; 31:21

Judges

10:14; 10:14

1 Samuel

1:6; 10:19; 10:19; 26:24; 26:24

2 Samuel

4:9

1 Kings

1:29

2 Kings

19:3

Nehemiah

9:27; 9:37

Job

5:19; 22:12; 27:9; 31:8; 34:17; 34:18

Psalms

9:10; 10:1; 20:2; 37:39; 46:2; 50:15; 71:20; 77:3; 81:8; 86:7; 91:15; 120:1; 120:1

Proverbs

1:27; 24:10; 25:19

Isaiah

8:22; 30:6; 33:2; 37:3; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:31; 14:8; 15:11; 16:19; 30:7; 49:24

Daniel

12:1

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

2:3

Nahum

1:7

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

1:15

Zechariah

10:11

H6869

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6869 matches the Hebrew צָרָה (ṣārâ),
which occurs 73 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured; and many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their descendants); for I know the purposes which they are already forming, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her rival used to provoke her sorely, to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But you have this day rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, 'No! but set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - But David answered Rechab and Ba'anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Be-er'othite, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They said to him, "Thus says Hezeki'ah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - 'If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, for thy name is in this house, and cry to thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer; and in the time of their suffering they cried to thee and thou didst hear them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou didst give them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And its rich yield goes to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - Relieve the troubles of my heart, and bring me out of my distresses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again; from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Mer'ibah. Selah

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:7 - In the day of my trouble I call on thee, for thou dost answer me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1 - A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I pour out my complaint before him, I tell my trouble before him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - For thy name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - and they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6) Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Isa 33:2–Zec 10:11

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
RSV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
RSV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.