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Lexicon :: Strong's H6887 - ṣārar

Aa
צָרַר
Transliteration
ṣārar
Pronunciation
tsaw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1973,1974

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bind, tie up, shut up

      2. to be scant, be cramped, be in straits

    2. (Pual) to be bound, be tied up

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon

      2. to suffer distress

  2. to show hostility toward, vex

    1. (Qal)

      1. to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass

      2. vexer, harasser (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
STRONGS H6887: Abbreviations
† [צָרַר] verb denominative
Hiph. suffer distress (specifically of travail, compare Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 49:24); — Participle לֵב אִשָּׁה מְצֵרָה (in simile) Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 49:22.

† II. צָרַר verb shew hostility toward, vex (Late Hebrew צַר foe; Arabic bdb086501 harm, damage, Sabean צֿר war, foe MordtmHim. Inschr. 60. 71 SabDenkm24 CISiv. 174, 1. 6 HomChrest. 125; Ethiopic bdb086502 be hostile, in derived species and derivatives; Assyrian ṣarâru, be hostile, ṣarru, foe; Arabic bdb086503, Assyrian ṣirritu, Syriac bdb086504, all = rival-wife, so (? Hebrew influence) Targum צָרָא 1 Samuel 1:6; see especially LagDeceased Wife's Sister, GGN. 1882, No. 13; = Mi. 125 ff. Dr1 Samuel 1:6); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural וְצָֽרֲרוּ Numbers 33:55 consecutive, suffix צְרָרוּנִי Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצֹר Isaiah 11:13; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺר Numbers 25:17; Participle active צֹרֵר Numbers 10:9, plural suffix צֹרֲרי Psalm 31:12 +, etc.; — shew hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass, with accusative of person Isaiah 11:13; Numbers 10:9; Numbers 25:17; once with ל person Numbers 25:18; also participle as substantive (construct or with suffix) vexer, harasser, Amos 5:12; Isaiah 11:13; Exodus 23:22 (E), Psalm 6:8; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 7:7; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:12; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 74:4; Psalm 74:23; Psalm 143:12; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 9:10, 24. — Leviticus 18:18 see [צָרַר] below.

[צָרַר] verb denominative make a rival-wife; —
Qal Infinitive construct לִצְרֹר Leviticus 18:18 to make [her] a rival-wife (LagGGN, 1882, 406 Dr-WhLv Baenl. v).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:22

Leviticus

18:18; 18:18

Numbers

10:9; 10:9; 25:17; 25:17; 25:18; 33:55

1 Samuel

1:6; 1:6

Esther

3:10; 8:1; 9:10; 9:24

Psalms

6:8; 7:5; 7:7; 8:3; 10:5; 23:5; 31:12; 31:12; 42:11; 69:20; 74:4; 74:23; 129:1; 129:2; 143:12

Isaiah

11:13; 11:13; 11:13

Jeremiah

4:31; 48:41; 49:22; 49:24

Amos

5:12

H6887

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Strong's Number H6887 matches the Hebrew צָרַר (ṣārar),
which occurs 53 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 12:34–Hos 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their bread-paste before it was leavened, putting their basins in their clothing on their backs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if you truly give ear to his voice, and do whatever I say, then I will be against those who are against you, fighting those who are fighting you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you are slow in driving out the people of the land, then those of them who are still there will be like pin-points in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, troubling you in the land where you are living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send destruction on all those who are against my soul; for I am your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.

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