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Lexicon :: Strong's H6113 - ʿāṣar

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

H6113

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - (LXX 17:13) And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - (LXX 17:15) And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and went in after the Israelitish man into the [fn]chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the Lord shall judge his people, and shall be comforted over his servants; for he saw that they were [fn]utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 - And Manoë said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - And the angel of the Lord said to Manoë, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole-burnt-offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoë knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - And Samuel looked upon Saul, and the Lord answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee, This one shall rule over my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - (LXX 21:6) And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - (LXX 21:8) And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants [fn]detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be restrained from off the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot [fn]brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, Make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - (LXX 20:21) behold, I bring [fn]evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed: spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell thee. Go, and thou shalt proceed, and come to the man of God to mount Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and thou shalt utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and [fn]destitute, and Israel had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - And these are they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these were among the mighty, aiding him in war,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - And David said to Orna, Give me thy place of the threshing-floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we have been able to be thus forward in offering to thee? for all things are thine, and of thine own have we given thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - (LXX 2:5) And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and when they shall pray towards this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abia: and the Lord smote him, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - (LXX 14:10) And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with thee to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in thee, and in thy name have we come against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - And Eliezer the son of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as thou hast allied thyself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken thy work, and thy vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he gave orders to seek Ochozias: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jeu, and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Josaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ochozias to secure their power in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 - And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 - (LXX 105:30) Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was as burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - (LXX 40:1) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:5 - (LXX 43:5) And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I cannot enter into the house of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - (LXX 46:15) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in the court of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, at the sight of thee my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him: but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.
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