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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 23:22 - “But if H518 you truly H8085 obey H8085 his voice H6963 and do H6213 all H3605 that I say, H1696 then I will be an enemy H340 to your enemies H340 and an adversary H6696 to your adversaries. H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - ‘You shall not [fn]marry H3947 a woman H802 in addition H413 to [fn]her sister H269 [fn]as a rival H6887 while she is alive, H2416 to uncover H1540 her nakedness. H6172

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - “When H3588 you go H935 to war H4421 in your land H776 against H5921 the adversary H6862 who attacks H6887 you, then you shall sound H7321 an alarm H7321 with the trumpets, H2689 that you may be remembered H2142 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and be saved H3467 from your enemies. H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Be hostile H6887 to the Midianites H4084 and strike H5221 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they have been H6887 hostile H6887 to you with their tricks, H5231 with which H834 they have deceived H5230 you in the affair H1697 of Peor H6465 and in the affair H1697 of Cozbi, H3579 the daughter H1323 of the leader H5387 of Midian, H4080 their sister H269 who was slain H5221 on the day H3117 of the plague H4046 because H5921 H1697 of Peor.” H6465

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - ‘But if H518 you do not drive H3423 out the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from before H6440 you, then it shall come H1961 about that those whom H834 you let H3498 remain H3498 of them will become as pricks H7899 in your eyes H5869 and as thorns H6796 in your sides, H6654 and they will trouble H6887 you in the land H776 in which H834 you live. H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then you shall [fn]exchange H5414 it for money, H3701 and bind H6696 the money H3701 in your hand H3027 and go H1980 to the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses. H977

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - “It shall besiege H6887 you in all H3605 your [fn]towns H8179 until H5704 your high H1364 and fortified H1219 walls H2346 in which H834 you trusted H982 come H3381 down H3381 throughout H3605 your land, H776 and it shall besiege H6887 you in all H3605 your [fn]towns H8179 throughout H3605 your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has given H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they also H1571 acted H6213 craftily H6195 and [fn]set H1980 out as envoys, H6737 and took H3947 worn-out H1087 sacks H8242 on their donkeys, H2543 and wineskins H4997 worn-out H1087 and torn H1234 and [fn]mended, H6887

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - “Should anyone H120 rise H6965 up to pursue H7291 you and to seek H1245 your [fn]life, H5315 then the [fn]life H5315 of my lord H113 shall be bound H6887 in the bundle H6872 of the living H2416 with the LORD H3068 your God; H430 but the [fn]lives H5315 of your enemies H340 He will sling H7049 out [fn]as from the hollow H3709 of a sling. H7050

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Why H4100 have you disturbed H7264 me by bringing H5927 me up?” And Saul H7586 answered, H6030 “I am greatly H3966 distressed; H6887 for the Philistines H6430 are waging H3898 war H3898 against me, and God H430 has departed H5493 from me and no H3808 longer H5750 answers H6030 me, either H1571 through H3027 prophets H5030 or H1571 by dreams; H2472 therefore I have called H7121 you, that you may make H3045 known H3045 to me what H4100 I should do.” H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - “I am distressed H6887 for you, my brother H251 Jonathan; H3083
You have been very H3966 pleasant H5276 to me.
Your love H160 to me was more H4480 wonderful H6381
Than H4480 the love H160 of women. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem, H3389 and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women, H802 the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house, H1004 and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with sustenance, H3557 but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up until H5704 the day H3117 of their death, H4191 living H2424 as widows. H491

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there is pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew, H3420 locust H697 or grasshopper, H2625 if H3588 their enemy H340 besieges H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities, H8179 whatever H3605 plague, H5061 whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - Naaman H5283 said, H559 “Be pleased H2974 to take H3947 two talents.” H3603 And he urged H6555 him, and bound H6696 two talents H3603 of silver H3701 in two H8147 bags H2754 with two H8147 changes H2487 of clothes H899 and gave H5414 them to two H8147 of his servants; H5288 and they carried H5375 them before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - Now in the time H6256 of his distress H6887 this H1931 same H1931 King H4428 Ahaz H271 became H4603 yet H3254 more H3254 unfaithful H4603 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - When he was in distress, H6887 he entreated H2470 the LORD H3068 his God H430 and humbled H3665 himself greatly H3966 before H4480 H6440 the God H430 of his fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - Then the king H4428 took H5493 his signet H2885 ring H2885 from his hand H3027 and gave H5414 it to Haman, H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite, H91 the enemy H6887 of the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 the house H1004 of Haman, H2001 the enemy H6887 of the Jews, H3064 to Queen H4436 Esther; H635 and Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king, H4428 for Esther H635 had disclosed H5046 what H4100 he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten H6235 sons H1121 of Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha, H4099 the Jews’ H3064 enemy; H6887 but they did not lay H7971 their hands H3027 on the plunder. H961

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha, H4099 the Agagite, H91 the adversary H6887 of all H3605 the Jews, H3064 had schemed H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064 to destroy H6 them and had cast H5307 Pur, H6332 that is the lot, H1486 to disturb H2000 them and destroy H6 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - “He wraps H6887 up the waters H4325 in His clouds, H5645
And the cloud H6051 does not burst H1234 under H8478 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - My eye H5869 has wasted H6244 away H6244 with grief; H3708
It has become H6275 old H6275 because of all H3605 my adversaries. H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If H518 I have rewarded H1580 evil H7451 to [fn]my friend, H7999
Or have plundered H2502 [fn]him who without H7387 cause H7387 was my adversary, H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, H6965 O LORD, H3068 in Your anger; H639
Lift H5375 up Yourself against the rage H5678 of my adversaries, H6887
And arouse H5782 Yourself [fn]for me; You have appointed H6680 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouth H6310 of infants H5768 and nursing H3243 babes H3243 You have established H3245 [fn]strength H5797
Because H4616 of Your adversaries, H6887
To make the enemy H340 and the revengeful H5358 cease. H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - His ways H1870 [fn]prosper H2342 at all H3605 times; H6256
Your judgments H4941 are on high, H4791 out of his sight; H5048
As for all H3605 his adversaries, H6887 he snorts H6315 at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare H6186 a table H7979 before H6440 me in the presence H5048 of my enemies; H6887
You [fn]have anointed H1878 my head H7218 with oil; H8081
My cup H3563 overflows. H7310

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Be gracious H2603 to me, O LORD, H3068 for I am in distress; H6887
My eye H5869 is wasted H6244 away H6244 from grief, H3708 my soul H5315 and my body H990 also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because H4480 of all H3605 my adversaries, H6887 I have become H1961 a reproach, H2781
Especially H3966 to my neighbors, H7934
And an object H6343 of dread H6343 to my acquaintances; H3045
Those who see H7200 me in the street H2351 flee H5074 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - As a shattering H7524 of my bones, H6106 my adversaries H6887 revile H2778 me,
While they say H559 to me all H3605 day H3117 long, “Where H346 is your God?” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - And do not hide H5641 Your face H6440 from Your servant, H5650
For I am in distress; H6887 answer H6030 me quickly. H4118

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know H3045 my reproach H2781 and my shame H1322 and my dishonor; H3639
All H3605 my adversaries H6887 are [fn]before H5048 You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Your adversaries H6887 have roared H7580 in the midst H7130 of Your meeting H4150 place; H4150
They have set H7760 up their own [fn]standards H226 for signs. H226

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Do not forget H7911 the voice H6963 of Your adversaries, H6887
The uproar H7588 of those who rise H6965 against You which ascends H5927 continually. H8548

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A Song of Ascents.
“[fn]Many H7227 times H7227 they have [fn]persecuted H6887 me from my youth H5271 up,”
Let Israel H3478 now H4994 say, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - “[fn]Many H7227 times H7227 they have [fn]persecuted H6887 me from my youth H5271 up;
Yet H1571 they have not prevailed H3201 against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - And in Your lovingkindness, H2617 [fn]cut H6789 off H6789 my enemies H340
And destroy H6 all H3605 those who afflict H6887 my soul, H5315
For I am Your servant. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Like [fn]one who binds H6887 a stone H68 in a sling, H4773
So H3651 is he who gives H5414 honor H3519 to a fool. H3684

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who H4310 has ascended H5927 into heaven H8064 and descended? H3381
Who H4310 has gathered H622 the wind H7307 in His fists? H2651
Who H4310 has wrapped H6887 the waters H4325 in [fn]His garment? H8071
Who H4310 has established H6965 all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth? H776
What H4100 is His name H8034 or His son’s H1121 name? H8034
Surely H3588 you know! H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Bind H6887 up the testimony, H8584 seal H2856 the [fn]law H8451 among my disciples. H3928

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Then the jealousy H7068 of Ephraim H669 will depart, H5493
And those who harass H6887 Judah H3063 will be cut H3772 off; H3772
Ephraim H669 will not be jealous H7065 of Judah, H3063
And Judah H3063 will not harass H6887 Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - The bed H4702 is too H4480 short H7114 on which to stretch H8311 out,
And the blanket H4541 is too [fn]small H6887 to wrap H3664 oneself in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Behold, H2009 I am slinging H7049 out the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776
At this H2088 time, H6471
And will cause H6887 them distress, H6887
That they may [fn]be found.” H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - “Kerioth H7152 has been captured H3920
And the strongholds H4679 have been seized, H8610
So the hearts H3820 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 of Moab H4124 in that day H3117
Will be like the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in labor. H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, H2009 [fn]He will mount H5927 up and swoop H1675 like an eagle H5404 and spread H6566 out His wings H3671 [fn]against H5921 Bozrah; H1224 and the hearts H3820 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 of Edom H123 in that day H3117 will be like the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in labor. H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, H7200 O LORD, H3068 for I am in distress; H6887
My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled; H2560
My heart H3820 is overturned H2015 within H7130 me,
For I have been very H4784 rebellious. H4784
In the street H2351 the sword H2719 [fn]slays; H7921
In the house H1004 it is like death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - The wind H7307 wraps H6887 them in its wings, H3671
And they will be ashamed H954 because H4480 of their sacrifices. H2077

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - The iniquity H5771 of Ephraim H669 is bound H6887 up;
His sin H2403 is stored H6845 up.

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