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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 7 times in 7 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - But who is able H6113 to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When the heaven is shut up, H6113 and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I shut up H6113 heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Neither did Jeroboam recover H6113 strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail H6113 against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able H6113 to go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep H6113 still the kingdom.
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