Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

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

Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
צָרָה
Transliteration
ṣārâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-raw'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
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

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 2 / 2 (Isa 33:2–Zec 10:11)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their affliction he was afflicted,[fn]
and the angel of his presence saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16 - so that he who blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report of it;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - The LORD said, “Have I not[fn] set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas! That day is so great
there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be saved out of it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as of a woman in labor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1 - “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
do not boast[fn]
in the day of distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - saying,
“I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 - The LORD is good,
a stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do you plot against the LORD?
He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I hear, and my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - He shall pass through the sea of troubles
and strike down the waves of the sea,
and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6

2. Currently on page 2/2 (Isa 33:2–Zec 10:11) Isa 33:2–Zec 10:11

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
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