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Lexicon :: Strong's H6113 - ʿāṣar

Aa
עָצַר
Transliteration
ʿāṣar
Pronunciation
aw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1675

Strong’s Definitions

עָצָר ʻâtsâr, aw-tsar'; a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble:—× be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H6113 in the following manner: shut up (15x), stayed (7x), retain (3x), detain (3x), able (2x), withhold (2x), keep (2x), prevail (1x), recover (1x), refrained (1x), reign (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H6113 in the following manner: shut up (15x), stayed (7x), retain (3x), detain (3x), able (2x), withhold (2x), keep (2x), prevail (1x), recover (1x), refrained (1x), reign (1x), miscellaneous (8x).
  1. to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain

    1. (Qal)

      1. to restrain, halt, stop

      2. to retain

    2. (Niphal) to be restrained, be stayed, be under restraint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָצָר ʻâtsâr, aw-tsar'; a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble:—× be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
STRONGS H6113: Abbreviations
עָצַר 46 verb restrain, retain (Late Hebrew id.; compare probably Assyrian eṣêru, retain, restrain, DlHWB 122 JägerBAS i. 483 Zehnpfib. 500; Ethiopic bdb078307 press, Arabic bdb078308; Targum עֲצַר Syriac bdb078309 id.); **compare Assyrian uṣurtu, taboo SACJA, 1904, 754. —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Genesis 20:18 +, suffix עֲצָרַנִי Genesis 16:2; 1st person singular יָצַרְתִּי Daniel 10:8, 16; etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעְצֹר 1 Samuel 9:17 +, יַעְצָרֿ 2 Chronicles 2:5; suffix יַעֲצָרְכָה 1 Kings 18:44, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָצֹר Genesis 20:18, construct לַעִצֹר 2 Chronicles 22:9, וַעְצֹר Job 4:2 (Ges§ 28 b); Passive participle עָצוּר Jeremiah 33:1 +, etc.; —
1. restrain, with accusative of person Genesis 16:2 (J; + מִן, i.e. prevent), עָצֹר עָצַר בְּעֵד כָּלרֶֿחֶם Genesis 20:18 (E), compare absolute Isaiah 66:9 (opposed to מוֺלִיד); followed by infinitive 2 Kings 4:24; with accusative of person alone 1 Kings 18:44 hinder, stop; with accusative of sky (hindering rain) Deuteronomy 11:17; 2 Chronicles 7:13; passive participle absolute shut up, or hindered (for reasons not given) Jeremiah 36:5; Nehemiah 6:10 (? by a vow, or by ceremonial uncleanness, compare RsSem i. 436 f., 2nd ed. 455 f.); = shut up (with ב, in prison) 2 Kings 17:4, passive participle Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 39:15, figurative Jeremiah 20:9; on עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (5 times) see I. עזב; עֲצֻרָה לָנוּ 1 Samuel 21:6 women have been kept away with reference to us (compare RSl.c.); עָצוּר מִפְּנֵי 1 Chronicles 12:1 kept away from before Saul; = detain, with accusative Judges 13:15, 16; in Job with בְּ, בְּמִלִּין ע׳ Job 4:2, compare Job 29:9, so בַּמַּיִם Job 12:5; בְּעַמִּי ע׳ 1 Samuel 9:17 is rule over, etc. (si vera lectio); insert also (with other words) 1 Samuel 10:1 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others.
2. (late) retain, with accusative כֹּחַ 2 Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 10:8, 16; Daniel 11:6; + infinitive = be able to 1 Chronicles 29:14; 2 Chronicles 2:5; omit כֹּחַ 2 Chronicles 14:10 (+ עִמְּךָ), 2 Chronicles 20:37 (+ infinitive).
Niph. be restrained, stayed, of plague: Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶעֱצָ֑רָה Numbers 17:15 [Numbers 16:50]; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּעָצַר 2 Samuel 24:21 = 1 Chronicles 21:22, וַתֵּעָצַר Numbers 17:13; Numbers 25:8 (P) 2 Samuel 24:25; Psalm 106:30; be shut up (of sky), Infinitive construct בְּהֵעָצֵר 1 Kings 8:35 2 Chronicles 6:26; be under restraint or detention Participle נֶעְצָר 1 Samuel 21:8 + לִפְחנֵי י׳ (? i.e. kept by a vow, compare HPS and Nehemiah 6:10 above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:2; 16:2; 20:18; 20:18; 20:18

Numbers

16:50; 17:13; 25:8

Deuteronomy

11:17

Judges

13:15; 13:16

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:17; 10:1; 21:6; 21:8

2 Samuel

24:21; 24:25

1 Kings

8:35; 18:44; 18:44

2 Kings

4:24; 17:4

1 Chronicles

12:1; 21:22; 29:14

2 Chronicles

2:5; 2:5; 6:26; 7:13; 13:20; 14:10; 20:37; 22:9; 22:9

Nehemiah

6:10; 6:10

Job

4:2; 4:2; 12:5; 29:9

Psalms

106:30

Isaiah

66:9

Jeremiah

20:9; 33:1; 33:1; 36:5; 39:15

Daniel

10:8; 10:8; 10:16; 10:16; 11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6113 matches the Hebrew עָצַר (ʿāṣar),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD H3068 had completely H6113 closed H6113 all H3605 the wombs H7358 of the household H1004 of Abimelech H40 because H5921 H1697 of Sarah H8283, Abraham’s H85 wife H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - And he took H5975 his stand H5975 between H996 the dead H4191 and the living H2416, so that the plague H4046 was brought H6113 to H6113 a H6113 halt H6113.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then Aaron H175 returned H7725 to Moses H4872 at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, for the plague H4046 had been brought H6113 to H6113 a H6113 halt H6113.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went H935 after H310 the man H376 of Israel H3478 into the inner H6898 room H6898 of H6898 the H6898 tent H6898 and pierced H1856 both H8147 of them, the man H376 of Israel H3478 and the woman H802, through H413 the abdomen H6896. So the plague H4046 on the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 was brought H6113 to H6113 a H6113 halt H6113.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - “Otherwise, the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 will be kindled H2734 against you, and He will shut H6113 up H6113 the sky H8064 so that there will be no H3808 rain H4306, and the ground H127 will not yield H5414 its produce H2981; then you will quickly H4120 perish H6 from the good H2896 land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 is giving H5414 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 -

“For the LORD H3068 will vindicate H1777 His people H5971,

And will have H5162 compassion H5162 on His servants H5650,

When H3588 He sees H7200 that their [fn]strength H3027 is H235 gone H235,

And there H657 is H657 none H657 remaining, bond H6113 or free H5800.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 -

Then Manoah H4495 said H559 to the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068, “Please H4994 let us detain H6113 you so that we may prepare H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 for you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - But the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 to Manoah H4495, “Though H518 you detain H6113 me, I will not eat H398 your [fn]food H3899, but if H518 you prepare H6213 a burnt H5930 offering H5930, offer H5927 it to the LORD H3068.” For Manoah H4495 did not know H3045 that he was the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel H8050 saw H7200 Saul H7586, the LORD H3068 [fn]said H6030 to him, “Behold H2009, the man H376 of whom H834 I spoke H559 to you! This H2088 one H2088 shall rule H6113 over My people H5971.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - David H1732 answered H6030 the priest H3548 and said H559 to him, “Be H3588 H518 assured H3588 H518, women H802 have been denied H6113 to us as previously H8543 H8032 when I left H3318 and the [fn]bodies H3627 of the young H5288 men H5288 were consecrated H6944, though it was an ordinary H2455 journey H1870; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588 then will [fn]their bodies H3627 be consecrated H6942 today H3117?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 -

Now one H376 of the servants H5650 of Saul H7586 was there H8033 that day H3117, detained H6113 before H6440 the LORD H3068; and his name H8034 was Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130, the chief H47 of Saul’s H7586 shepherds H7462.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - Then Araunah H728 said H559, “Why H4069 has my lord H113 the king H4428 come H935 to his servant H5650?” And David H1732 said H559, “To buy H7069 the threshing H1637 floor H1637 from you, in order to build H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068, so that the plague H4046 may be [fn]withdrawn H6113 from the people H5971.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - Then David H1732 built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068, and he offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and peace H8002 offerings H8002. And the LORD H3068 responded H6279 to H6279 prayer H6279 for the land H776, and the plague H4046 was [fn]withdrawn H6113 from Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 -

“When the heavens H8064 are shut H6113 up H6113 and there is no H3808 rain H4306 because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against You, and they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 and praise H3034 Your name H8034, and turn H7725 from their sin H2403 when H3588 You afflict H6031 them,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - therefore H3651 behold H2009, I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 on the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379, and I will eliminate H3772 from Jeroboam H3379 [fn]every H8366 male H8366 H7023 person, both [fn]bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478, and I will make H1197 a clean H310 sweep H1197 of the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379, just H834 as H834 one sweeps H1197 away H1197 dung H1557 until H5704 it is H8552 all H8552 gone H8552.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And when he returned the seventh H7637 time, he said H559, “Behold H2009, a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a person’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up H5927 from the sea H3220.” And Elijah said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, say H559 to Ahab H256, ‘Harness H631 your chariot horses and go H3381 down H3381, so that the heavy shower H1653 does not stop H6113 you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - “Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 upon you, and I will utterly H1197 sweep H1197 you away H1197, and will eliminate H3772 from Ahab H256 every H8366 male H8366 H7023, both [fn]bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled H2280 the donkey H860 and said H559 to her servant H5288, “Drive H5090 the donkey and go H1980 on; do not slow H6113 down H6113 [fn]the pace H7392 for me unless H3588 H518 I tell H559 you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - ‘For the entire H3605 house H1004 of Ahab H256 shall perish H6, and I will eliminate H3772 from Ahab H256 every H8366 male H8366 H7023 person both [fn]slave H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD H3068 saw H7200 the misery H6040 of Israel H3478, which was very H3966 bitter H4751; for there was neither H657 [fn]bond H6113 nor H657 free H5800 spared, nor H369 was H369 there H369 any helper H5826 for Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - But the king H4428 of Assyria H804 uncovered H4672 a conspiracy H7195 by Hoshea H1954, who H834 had sent H7971 messengers H4397 to So H5471, king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and had then brought H5927 no H3808 tribute H4503 to the king H4428 of Assyria H804, as he had done year H8141 by year H8141; so the king H4428 of Assyria H804 arrested H6113 him and confined H631 him in prison H1004 H3608.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 -

Now these H428 are the men who came H935 to David H1732 at Ziklag H6860, while he was still H5750 restricted H6113 because H4480 H6440 of Saul H7586 the son H1121 of Kish H7027; and they were among the mighty H1368 men H1368 who helped H5826 him in war H4421.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Ornan H771, “Give H5414 me the [fn]site H4725 of this threshing H1637 floor H1637, so that I may build H1129 on it an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068; you shall give H5414 it to me for the full H4392 price H3701, so that the plague H4046 may be brought H6113 to H6113 a H6113 halt H6113 from the people H5971.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14 -

“But who H4310 am I and who H4310 are my people H5971 that we should [fn]be H6113 able H6113 H3581 to offer H5068 as generously as this H2088? For all H3605 things H3605 come from You, and from Your hand H3027 we have given H5414 to You.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - “But who H4310 is H6113 able H6113 H3581 to build H1129 a house H1004 for Him, since H3588 the heavens H8064 and the highest H8064 heavens H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 Him? And who H4310 am I, that I should build H1129 a house H1004 for Him, except H3588 H518 to [fn]burn H6999 incense before H6440 Him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 -

“When the heavens H8064 are shut H6113 up H6113 and there is no H3808 rain H4306 because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against You, and they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 and praise H3034 Your name H8034, and turn H7725 from their sin H2403 when H3588 You afflict H6031 them,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “If H2005 I shut H6113 up H6113 the heavens H8064 so that there is no H3808 rain H4306, or if H2005 I command H6680 the locust H2284 to devour H398 the land H776, or if H518 I send H7971 a plague H1698 among My people H5971,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Jeroboam H3379 did not again H5750 recover H6113 strength H3581 in the days H3117 of Abijah H29; and the LORD H3068 struck H5062 him and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa H609 called H7121 to the LORD H3068 his God H430 and said H559, “LORD H3068, there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 besides H5973 You to help H5826 in the battle between H996 the powerful H7227 and those who have H369 no H369 strength H3581; help H5826 us, LORD H3068 our God H430, for we trust H8172 in You, and in Your name H8034 have come H935 against H5921 this H2088 multitude H1995. LORD H3068, You are our God H430; do not let man H582 prevail H6113 against H5973 You.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer H461 the son H1121 of Dodavahu H1735 of Mareshah H4762 prophesied H5012 against H5921 Jehoshaphat H3092, saying H559, “Because you have allied H2266 yourself with Ahaziah H274, the LORD H3068 has destroyed H6555 your works H4639.” So the ships H591 were wrecked H7665 and could H6113 not go H1980 to Tarshish H8659.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also searched H1245 for Ahaziah H274, and they caught H3920 him while he was hiding H2244 in Samaria H8111; they brought H935 him to Jehu H3058, put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191, and buried H6912 him. For they said H559, “He is the son H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092, who H834 sought H1875 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 his heart H3824.” So there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 of the house H1004 of Ahaziah H274 to retain H6113 the power H3581 of the kingdom H4467.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 -

When I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was confined H6113 at home, he said H559, “Let’s meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let’s close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 -

“If one ventures H5254 a word H1697 with you, will you become H3811 impatient H3811?

But who H4310 can H3201 refrain H6113 [fn]from speaking H4405?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 -

“Behold H2005, He restrains H6113 the waters H4325, and they dry H3001 up H3001;

And He sends H7971 them out H7971, and they [fn]inundate H2015 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 -

“The leaders H8269 stopped H6113 talking H4405

And put H7760 their hands H3709 on their mouths H6310;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 -

Then Phinehas H6372 stood H5975 up and [fn]intervened H6419,

And so the plague H4046 was brought H6113 to H6113 a H6113 halt H6113.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 -

“Shall I bring H7665 to H7665 the H7665 point H7665 of H7665 birth H7665 but not give H3205 delivery H3205?” says H559 the LORD H3068.

“Or H518 shall I who gives H3205 delivery H3205 shut H6113 the womb?” says H559 your God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 -

But if I say H559, “I will not remember H2142 Him

Nor H3808 speak H1696 anymore H5750 in His name H8034,”

Then in my heart H3820 it becomes H1961 like a burning H1197 fire H784

Shut H6113 up H6113 in my bones H6106;

And I am H3811 tired H3811 of holding H3557 it in,

And I cannot H3808 endure H3201 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 -

Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 the second H8145 time H8145, while he was still H5750 confined H6113 in the courtyard H2691 of the guard H4307, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:5 - Jeremiah H3414 then commanded H6680 Baruch H1263, saying H559, “I am [fn]restricted H6113; I cannot H3201 H3808 go H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 -

Now the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 had come H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 while he was confined H6113 in the courtyard H2691 of the guardhouse H4307, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left H7604 alone H905 and saw H7200 this H2088 great H1419 vision H4759; yet no H3808 strength H3581 was left H7604 in me, for my complexion H1935 turned H2015 to [fn]a deathly H4889 pallor H4889, and I retained H6113 no H3808 strength H3581.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold H2009, [fn]one who H1823 resembled H1823 a human H1121 H120 was touching H5060 my lips H8193. Then I opened H6605 my mouth H6310 and spoke H1696 and said H559 to him who was standing H5975 before H5048 me, “My lord H113, due to the vision H4759 [fn]anguish H6735 has come H2015 upon me, and I have retained H6113 no H3808 strength H3581.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “And after H7093 some years H8141 they will form H2266 an H2266 alliance H2266, and the daughter H1323 of the king H4428 of the South H5045 will come H935 to the king H4428 of the North H6828 to reach H6213 an agreement H4339. But she will not keep H6113 her [fn]position H2220 of power H3581, nor H3808 will he remain H5975 with his [fn]power H2220, but she will be given H5414 up H5414, along with those who brought H935 her in H935 and the one who fathered H3205 her as well as he who supported H2388 her in those times H6256.
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