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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 106:44 — צַר 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H6862

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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 2 / 3 (Psa 78:61–Lam 4:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61 - And delivered His strength into captivity,
And His glory into the enemy’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - And He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 - I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42 - You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 - A fire goes before Him,
And burns up His enemies round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44 - Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When He heard their cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 - Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8 - His heart is established;
He will not be afraid,
Until he sees his desire upon his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal has consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble and anguish have overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments are my delights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and my enemies,
Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - And rescued us from our enemies,
For His mercy endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord says,
The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And take vengeance on My enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:11 - Therefore the LORD shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - LORD, in trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - And though the Lord gives you
The bread of adversity and the water of affliction,
Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 - The children you will have,
After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
‘The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So shall they fear
The name of the LORD from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in like a flood,
The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 - As fire burns brushwood,
As fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 - ‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
Those who plunder you shall become plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5 - For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them have devoured them;
And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended,
Because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice,
The LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - Her adversaries have become the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the LORD has afflicted her
Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her downfall.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - The adversary has spread his hand
Over all her pleasant things;
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
Those whom You commanded
Not to enter Your assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 - Zion spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob
That those around him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what He purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to rejoice over you;
He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - The kings of the earth,
And all inhabitants of the world,
Would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—

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