Help QuickNav Adv. Options
HNV

HNV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6862 - ṣar

Choose a new font size and typeface
צַר
Transliteration
ṣar
Pronunciation
tsar
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - and blessed be El `Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Avram gave him a tenth of all.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God brings him forth out of Mitzrayim; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, Shall break their bones in pieces, Smite them through with his arrows.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to the LORD your God, and listen to his voice:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, The LORD has not done all this.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - If I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, Will recompense those who hate me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - Rejoice, you nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - This is the blessing of Yehudah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Yehudah, Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself; You shall be a help against his adversaries.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - It happened, when Yehoshua was by Yericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Yehoshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Yiftach said to the Zakenim of Gil`ad, Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are you come to me now when you are in distress?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - You shall see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Yisra'el; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Yisra'el saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - In my distress I called on the LORD; Yes, I called to my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry came into his ears.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell before you is too strait for us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you be come to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the borders of Yisra'el. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:4 - But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, and sought him, he was found of them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 - Now when the adversaries of Yehudah and Binyamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my shalom, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - Ester said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 - Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He has gnashed on me with his teeth: My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - Strong scales are his pride, Shut up together with a close seal.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A Psalm by David, when he fled from Avshalom his son. LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress I called on the LORD, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 - Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have shamed those who hate us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your lovingkindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, A refuge in the day of my distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us help against the adversary, For the help of man is vain.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 - Through God we shall do valiantly, For it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - which my lips promised, And my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42 - They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Gen 14:20–Psa 78:42) Gen 14:20–Psa 78:42

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Psa 78:61–Lam 4:12

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Eze 30:16–Zec 8:10

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
HNV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
HNV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.