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Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

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צָרָה
Transliteration
ṣārâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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.
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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 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many disasters and calamities come on them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and deliver me from all trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - The king then took an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - [fn]Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[fn] A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:7 - When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1 - A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,

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