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Lexicon :: Strong's H6862 - ṣar

Aa
צַר
Transliteration
ṣar
Pronunciation
tsar
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1973a,1973b,1

Strong’s Definitions

צַר tsar, tsar; or צָר tsâr; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding):—adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x

The KJV translates Strong's H6862 in the following manner: enemy (37x), adversary (26x), trouble (17x), distress (5x), affliction (3x), foes (2x), narrow (2x), strait (2x), flint (1x), sorrow (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x
The KJV translates Strong's H6862 in the following manner: enemy (37x), adversary (26x), trouble (17x), distress (5x), affliction (3x), foes (2x), narrow (2x), strait (2x), flint (1x), sorrow (1x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. narrow, tight

  2. straits, distress

  3. adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

  4. hard pebble, flint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַר tsar, tsar; or צָר tsâr; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding):—adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS H6862: Abbreviations
I. צַר adjective narrow, tight; — absolute צ׳ 2 Kings 6:1 +; צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26 +; feminine צָרָה Proverbs 23:27; — narrow, מָקוֺם צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26, צַר מִמֶּנּוּ 2 Kings 6:1 too narrow for us, compare צַרלִֿי הַמָּקוֺם Isaiah 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); בְּאֵר צָרָה Proverbs 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; || שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה); כַּנָּהָר צָר Isaiah 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (simile of י׳; Klo נְהַר מָצוֺר, CheHpt מִצֹּר נ׳, both 'of Egypt'); סָגוּר חוֺתָם צָ֑ר Job 41:7 (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (Greek Version of the LXX Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du חוֺתַם צֹר with seal of flint, but why specify material?); בְּיוֺם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10 thy strength will be narrow, limited (si vera lectio, compare Toy).

II. צַר noun [masculine] straits, distress; — absolute צ׳ Job 15:24 +, also with article בַּצַּר Hosea 5:15 +, צָ֑ר Psalm 4:2 +; — straits, distress Isaiah 5:30; Job 15:24; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 60:13; Psalm 108:13 צַראוּמָצוֺק Psalm 119:143; עֵתצֿ׳ Job 38:23, compare בַּצַּר Isaiah 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר Psalm 4:2; רֿוּחִי צ׳ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit; לֶחֶם צַר Isaiah 30:20; לֹא צָֹר Isaiah 63:9 usually he (י׳) had distress (reading לוֺ Qr), but Greek Version of the LXX οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt and others לֹא צִר, no messenger and (or) angel, (but) his own face, etc. Instead of suffix directly appended, ל suffix is used (only after ב): בַּצַּרלִֿי in my distress Psalm 18:7 = 2 Samuel 22:7; Psalm 66:14, so בְּיוֺם צַר(־)לִי Psalm 59:17; Psalm 102:3; בַּצַּר לְךָ Deuteronomy 4:30 (probably originally meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר [infinitive], Dr; so) בַּצַּרלֿוֺ Isaiah 25:4; 2 Chronicles 15:4, בַּצַּר לָהֶם Hosea 5:15; Psalm 107:6; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 107:28, also (after רָאָה) Psalm 106:44צַר 1 Samuel 2:32 is corrupt, compare Dr; **Job 36:19.

III. צַר 68 noun masculineNumbers 10:9 adversary, foe; — absolute צַר Amos 3:11 +, even with article הַצַּר Numbers 10:9, but also הַצָּר Esther 7:4; צָ֑ר Zechariah 8:10 +; plural צָרִים Lamentations 1:7; construct צָרֵי Ezra 4:1 + Isaiah 9:10 (but read probably צָרוֺ or צָרָיו, compare Di-Kit CheHpt; and others. שָׂרֵי), Jeremiah 48:5 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Hi Gie), Ezekiel 30:16 (but Greek Version of the LXX Sm וְנָפֹצוּ, so Berthol; Co וְנִפְרְצוּ, so Toy; Krae יָעוּף); suffix צָרַי Psalm 3:2, צָרֵיהֶם Ezekiel 39:23, צָרֵימוֺ Deuteronomy 32:27, etc.; — adversary, foe, Amos 3:11; Genesis 14:20; Numbers 10:9 (P), Numbers 24:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:27; Deuteronomy 33:7; Joshua 5:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 24:13; Isaiah 9:10 (see above), Zechariah 8:10; Ezra 4:1; Nehemiah 4:5; Esther 7:6 (אִישׁ צַר וְאוֺיֵב), + 21 times, + Psalm 3:2; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 78:42, + 13 times Psalms, + (of י׳'s foes) Psalm 78:66; Psalm 97:3; + (of י׳'s foes) also Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 64:1; Jeremiah 46:10; Nahum 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:41, 43; Job 19:11. — Jeremiah 48:5; Ezekiel 30:16 see above.

IV. צַר noun [masculine] hard pebble, flint; — כַּצַר Isaiah 5:28 (simile of horses' hoofs; read perhaps H6864 צֹר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:20

Numbers

10:9; 10:9; 10:9; 22:26; 22:26; 24:8

Deuteronomy

4:30; 32:27; 32:27; 32:41; 32:43; 33:7

Joshua

5:13

1 Samuel

2:32

2 Samuel

22:7; 24:13

2 Kings

6:1; 6:1

2 Chronicles

15:4

Ezra

4:1; 4:1

Nehemiah

4:5

Esther

7:4; 7:6

Job

7:11; 15:24; 15:24; 19:11; 36:19; 38:23; 41:7

Psalms

3:2; 3:2; 4:2; 4:2; 13:5; 18:7; 27:2; 32:7; 59:17; 66:14; 78:42; 78:66; 97:3; 102:3; 106:44; 107:6; 107:13; 107:19; 107:28; 108:13; 119:143

Proverbs

23:27; 23:27; 24:10

Isaiah

1:24; 5:28; 5:30; 9:10; 9:10; 25:4; 26:11; 26:16; 30:20; 49:20; 59:18; 59:19; 63:9; 64:1

Jeremiah

46:10; 48:5; 48:5

Lamentations

1:7

Ezekiel

30:16; 30:16; 39:23

Hosea

5:15; 5:15

Amos

3:11; 3:11

Nahum

1:2

Zechariah

8:10; 8:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6862 matches the Hebrew צַר (ṣar),
which occurs 110 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 14:20–Psa 78:42)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 -

And blessed H1288 be [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

Who H834 has handed H4042 H3027 over H4042 your enemies H6862 to you.”

And he gave H5414 him a tenth H4643 of everything H3605.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - “And when H3588 you go H935 to war H4421 in your land H776 against H5921 the enemy H6862 who attacks H6887 you, then you shall sound H7321 an H7321 alarm H7321 with the trumpets H2689, so that you will be thought H2142 of H2142 by the LORD H3068 your God H430, and be saved H3467 from your enemies H340.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went H5674 farther H3254, and stood H5975 in a narrow H6862 place H4725 where H834 there H369 was H369 no H369 way H1870 to turn H5186 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 -

“God H410 brings H3318 him out H3318 of Egypt H4714,

He is for him like the horns H8443 of the wild H7214 ox H7214.

He will devour H398 the nations H1471 who are his adversaries H6862,

And will crush H1633 their bones H6106,

And smash H4272 them with his arrows H2671.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - “When you are in distress H6862 and all H3605 these H428 things H1697 happen H4672 to H4672 you, in the latter H319 days H3117 you will return H7725 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 and listen H8085 to His voice H6963.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 -

Had I not feared H1481 the provocation H3708 by the enemy H340,

That their adversaries H6862 would misjudge H5234,

That they would say H559, “Our hand H3027 is H7311 [fn]triumphant H7311,

And the LORD H3068 has not performed H6466 all H3605 this H2088.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 -

If H518 I have sharpened H8150 [fn]My flashing H1300 sword H2719,

And My hand H3027 has taken H270 hold H270 of justice H4941,

I will return H7725 vengeance H5359 on My adversaries H6862,

And I will repay H7999 those who hate H8130 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 -

“Rejoice H7442, you nations H1471, with His people H5971;

For He will avenge H5358 the blood H1818 of His servants H5650,

And will return H7725 vengeance H5359 on His adversaries H6862,

And will atone H3722 for His land H127 and His people H5971.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 -

And this H2088 was regarding Judah H3063; so he said H559:

“Hear H8085, LORD H3068, the voice H6963 of Judah H3063,

And bring H935 him to his people H5971.

With his hands H3027 he contended H7378 for [fn]them,

And may You be a help H5828 against H4480 his adversaries H6862.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 when Joshua H3091 was by Jericho H3405, he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, a man H376 was standing H5975 opposite H5048 him with his sword H2719 drawn H8025 in his hand H3027, and Joshua H3091 went H1980 to him and said H559 to him, “Are you for us or H518 for our enemies H6862?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - But Jephthah H3316 said H559 to the elders H2205 of Gilead H1568, “Did you not hate H8130 me and drive H1644 me from my father’s H1 house H1004? So why H4069 have you come H935 to me now H6258 when H834 you are H6887 in H6887 trouble H6887?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - ‘And you will look H5027 at the distress H6862 of My dwelling H4583, in spite of all H3605 the good H3190 that [fn]I do H3190 for Israel H3478; and there will never H3808 H3605 H3117 be an old H2205 man H2205 in your house H1004.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that they were in trouble H6862 (for the people H5971 were hard-pressed H5065), then the people H5971 kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244 in caves H4631, in crevices H2336, in cliffs H5553, in crypts H6877, and in pits H953.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 -

“In my distress H6862 I called H7121 upon the LORD H3068,

Yes, I called H7121 out H7121 to my God H430;

And from His temple H1964 He heard H8085 my voice H6963,

And my cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 came into His ears H241.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad H1410 came H935 to David H1732 and told H5046 him, and said H559 to him, “Shall seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 come H935 to you in your land H776? Or H518 will you flee H5127 for three H7969 months H2320 before H6440 your enemies H6862 while they pursue H7291 you? Or shall there be three H7969 days H3117 of plague H1698 in your land H776? Now H6258 consider H3045 and see H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Gad H1410, “I am in great H3966 distress H6887. Let us now H4994 fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068, for His mercies H7356 are great H7227; but do not let me fall H5307 into human H120 hands H3027.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 -

Now the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 said H559 to Elisha H477, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the place H4725 [fn]before H6440 you where H834 H8033 we are living H3427 is too H4480 cramped H6862 for us.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David H1732 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H6440 them, and said H559 to them, “If H518 you come H935 peacefully H7965 to help H5826 me, my heart H3824 shall be united H3162 with you; but if H518 to betray H7411 me to my enemies H6862, since there is no H3808 [fn]wrong H2555 in my hands H3709, may the God H430 of our fathers H1 look H7200 on it and decide H3198.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three H7969 years H8141 of famine H7458, or three H7969 months H2320 to be swept H5595 away H5595 before H4480 H6440 your foes H6862 while the sword H2719 of your enemies H340 overtakes H5381 you, or else three H7969 days H3117 of the sword H2719 of the LORD H3068: a plague H1698 in the land H776, and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478.’ Now H6258, therefore, consider H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall bring H7725 back H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - David H1732 said H559 to Gad H1410, “I am H6887 in H6887 great H3966 distress H6887; please H4994 let me fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068, for His mercies H7356 are very H3966 great H7227. But do not let me fall H5307 into human H120 hands H3027.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:4 - “But in their distress H6862 they turned H7725 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478, and they sought H1245 Him, and He let them find H4672 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 -

Now when the enemies H6862 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that the people H1121 of the exile H1473 were building H1129 a temple H1964 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 -

And our enemies H6862 said H559, “They will not know H3045 or see H7200 until H5704 H834 we come H935 among H413 H8432 them, kill H2026 them, and put H7673 a H7673 stop H7673 to H7673 the work H4399.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 -

“Therefore You handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to their enemies H6862 who oppressed H6887 them,

But when they cried H6817 out H6817 to You in the time H6256 of their distress H6869,

You heard H8085 from heaven H8064, and according to Your great H7227 compassion H7356

You gave H5414 them [fn]people H3467 who saved H3467 them from the hand H3027 of their enemies H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we have been sold H4376, I and my people H5971, to be destroyed H8045, killed H2026, and eliminated H6. Now if H432 we had only been sold H4376 as slaves H8198 H5650, men H5650 and women H8198, I would have kept H2790 silent H2790, because H3588 the distress H6862 would not be sufficient H7737 reason to burden H5143 the king H4428.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And Esther H635 said H559, “A foe H6862 and an enemy H340 is this H2088 wicked H7451 Haman H2001!” Then Haman H2001 became terrified H1204 before H4480 H6440 the king H4428 and queen H4436.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 -

Or, ‘Save H4422 me from the hand H3027 of the enemy H6862,’

Or, ‘Redeem H6299 me from the hand H3027 of the tyrants H6184’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 -

“Therefore H1571 I will not restrain H2820 my mouth H6310;

I will speak H1696 in the anguish H6862 of my spirit H7307,

I will complain H7878 in H7878 the bitterness H4751 of my soul H5315.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 -

“Distress H6862 and anguish H4691 terrify H1204 him,

They overpower H8630 him like a king H4428 ready H6264 for the attack H3593,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 -

“His anger H639 has torn H2963 me and [fn]hunted H7852 me down H7852,

He has gnashed H2786 at me with His teeth H8127;

My enemy H6862 [fn]glares H3913 H5869 at me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 -

“He has also kindled H2734 His anger H639 against H5921 me

And considered H2803 me as His enemy H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 -

“Then indeed H637, He induced H5496 you away H4480 from the mouth H6310 of distress H6862,

And instead H8478 of H8478 it, a broad H7338 place H7338 with no H3808 constraint H4164;

And your table H7979 was full H4390 of [fn]rich H1880 food H1880.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 -

Which H834 I have reserved H2820 for a time H6256 of distress H6862,

For a day H3117 of war H7128 and battle H4421?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 -

His [fn]strong H650 scales H4043 are his pride H1346,

Locked H5462 as with a tight H6862 seal H2368.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 -

A Psalm of David, when [fn]he fled from his son Absalom.

LORD H3068, how H4100 my enemies H6862 have increased H7231!

Many H7227 are rising H6965 up H6965 against H5921 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 -

[fn]For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer H6030 me when I call H7121, God H430 [fn]of my righteousness H6664!

You have [fn]relieved H7337 me in my distress H6862;

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me and hear H8085 my prayer H8605.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 -

And my enemy H340 will say H559, “I have overcome H3201 him,”

And my adversaries H6862 will rejoice H1523 when H3588 I am shaken H4131.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 -

In my distress H6862 I called H7121 upon the LORD H3068,

And cried H7768 to my God H430 for H7768 help H7768;

He heard H8085 my voice H6963 from His temple H1964,

And my cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 before H6440 Him came H935 into His ears H241.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 -

When evildoers H7489 came H7126 upon me to devour H398 my flesh H1320,

My adversaries H6862 and my enemies H340, they stumbled H3782 and fell H5307.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 -

Do not turn H5414 me over H5414 to the [fn]desire H5315 of my enemies H6862,

For false H8267 witnesses H5707 have risen H6965 against me,

And the violent H2555 witness H3307.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 -

You are my hiding H5643 place H5643; You keep H5341 me from trouble H6862;

You surround H5437 me with [fn]songs H7438 of deliverance H6405. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 -

Through You we will push H5055 back H5055 our adversaries H6862;

Through Your name H8034 we will trample H947 down H947 those who rise H6965 up H6965 against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 -

But You have saved H3467 us from our adversaries H6862,

And You have put H954 to H954 shame H954 those who hate H8130 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 -

You cause us to turn H7725 back H268 from the enemy H6862;

And those who hate H8130 us have taken H8154 spoils H8154 for themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 -

But as for me, I will sing H7891 of Your strength H5797;

Yes, I will joyfully H7442 sing H7442 of Your faithfulness H2617 in the morning H1242,

For You have been H1961 my refuge H4869

And a place H4498 of H4498 refuge H4498 on the day H3117 of my distress H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give H3051 us help H5833 against H4480 the enemy H6862,

For rescue H8668 [fn]by man H120 is worthless H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 -

[fn]Through God H430 we will do H6213 valiantly H2428,

And it is He who will trample H947 down H947 our enemies H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 -

Which H834 my lips H8193 uttered H6475

And my mouth H6310 spoke H1696 when I was in distress H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 -

How H4970 long H5704 H4970, God H430, will the enemy H6862 taunt H2778 You?

Shall the enemy H340 treat H5006 Your name H8034 disrespectfully H5006 forever H5331?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42 -

They did not remember H2142 His [fn]power H3027,

The day H3117 when H834 He redeemed H6299 them from the enemy H6862,


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