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Lexicon :: Strong's H6862 - ṣar

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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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Strong's Number H6862 matches the Hebrew צַר (ṣar),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - [[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.]] LORD, how are they increased that trouble H6862 me! many are they that rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; H6862 have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble H6862 me rejoice when I am moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress H6862 I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When the wicked, even mine enemies H6862 and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: H6862 for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; H6862 thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 - Through thee will we push down our enemies: H6862 through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But thou hast saved us from our enemies, H6862 and hast put them to shame that hated us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: H6862 and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us help from trouble: H6862 for vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 - Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, how long shall the adversary H6862 reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42 - They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61 - And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's H6862 hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - And he smote his enemies H6862 in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 - And I will beat down his foes H6862 before his face, and plague them that hate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42 - Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; H6862 thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 - A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies H6862 round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; H6862 incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - And the waters covered their enemies: H6862 there was not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44 - Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, H6862 when he heard their cry:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, H6862 and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, H6862 and he saved them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, H6862 and he saveth them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, H6862 and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us help from trouble: H6862 for vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 - Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8 - His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:139

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies H6862 have forgotten thy words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:143

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble H6862 and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; H6862 yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - And hath redeemed us from our enemies: H6862 for his mercy endureth for ever.
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