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Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

Aa
צָרָה
Transliteration
ṣārâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1973c,1974b

Strong’s Definitions

צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

  1. straits, distress, trouble

  2. vexer, rival wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS H6869: Abbreviations
I. צָרָה 72 noun feminine id.; — absolute צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:24 +, צָרָתָה Psalm 120:1 (Ges§ 90g); construct צָרַת Genesis 42:21; suffix צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 +, צָרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, etc.; plural צָרוֺת absolute Isaiah 65:16 +; suffix צָרֹתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19, etc.; — straits, distress, Genesis 42:21 (E), 1 Samuel 26:24; 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Isaiah 8:22; Job 5:19; Job 27:9; especially Psalms (24 times), e.g. Job 22:12; Job 25:17 (see רחב), Job 25:22; Job 31:8; Job 34:17, 18; specifically of travail, צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים Jeremiah 49:24 (simile), compare Jeremiah 4:31 (Gie צְוָחָה, after Greek Version of the LXX); צָרַת נַפְשׁוֺ Genesis 42:21 (E); בְּיוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E), Psalm 77:3; Psalm 86:7, compare 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; Psalm 20:2; Psalm 50:15; Proverbs 24:10; Proverbs 25:19; Jeremiah 16:19; Obadiah 12,14; Nahum 1:7; Habakkuk 3:16, וּמְצוּקָה יוֺם צ׳ Zephaniah 1:15; בְּעֵתצָֿרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, compare Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 37:39; Isaiah 33:2; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; also בַּצָּרָה Psalm 81:8, בְּצָרָה Psalm 91:15; Nehemiah 9:37, בְּצָדוֺת Psalm 46:2, etc.; רָעוֺת וְצָרוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17, 21 compare 1 Samuel 10:19; Psalm 71:20, צָרָה וְצוּקָה Proverbs 1:27, וְצ׳ אֶרֶץ צ׳ Isaiah 30:6; with ל (poetry), בַּצָּרָ֫תָה לִי Psalm 120:1 in my distress, מִצָּרָה לִי Jonah 2:3. — צָרָה Zechariah 10:11, read מִצְרַיִם [or מָצוֺר] We Now GASm; צֹ֫רָה KloThLz, 1879, 566 StaZAW i (1881), 22; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1 see H1226 בַּצָּרָה.

II. [צָרָה] noun feminine vexer, rival-wife (see references below √; also Ecclus 37:11); — suffix צָרָתָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:3; 35:3; 42:21; 42:21; 42:21

Deuteronomy

31:17; 31:21

Judges

10:14; 10:14

1 Samuel

1:6; 10:19; 10:19; 26:24; 26:24

2 Samuel

4:9

1 Kings

1:29

2 Kings

19:3

Nehemiah

9:27; 9:37

Job

5:19; 22:12; 27:9; 31:8; 34:17; 34:18

Psalms

9:10; 10:1; 20:2; 37:39; 46:2; 50:15; 71:20; 77:3; 81:8; 86:7; 91:15; 120:1; 120:1

Proverbs

1:27; 24:10; 25:19

Isaiah

8:22; 30:6; 33:2; 37:3; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:31; 14:8; 15:11; 16:19; 30:7; 49:24

Daniel

12:1

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

2:3

Nahum

1:7

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

1:15

Zechariah

10:11

H6869

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6869 matches the Hebrew צָרָה (ṣārâ),
which occurs 73 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:7 - In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1 - <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7 - Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.

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