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Lexicon :: Strong's H6887 - ṣārar

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צָרַר
Transliteration
ṣārar
Pronunciation
tsaw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1973,1974

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bind, tie up, shut up

      2. to be scant, be cramped, be in straits

    2. (Pual) to be bound, be tied up

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon

      2. to suffer distress

  2. to show hostility toward, vex

    1. (Qal)

      1. to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass

      2. vexer, harasser (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
STRONGS H6887: Abbreviations
† [צָרַר] verb denominative
Hiph. suffer distress (specifically of travail, compare Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 49:24); — Participle לֵב אִשָּׁה מְצֵרָה (in simile) Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 49:22.

† II. צָרַר verb shew hostility toward, vex (Late Hebrew צַר foe; Arabic bdb086501 harm, damage, Sabean צֿר war, foe MordtmHim. Inschr. 60. 71 SabDenkm24 CISiv. 174, 1. 6 HomChrest. 125; Ethiopic bdb086502 be hostile, in derived species and derivatives; Assyrian ṣarâru, be hostile, ṣarru, foe; Arabic bdb086503, Assyrian ṣirritu, Syriac bdb086504, all = rival-wife, so (? Hebrew influence) Targum צָרָא 1 Samuel 1:6; see especially LagDeceased Wife's Sister, GGN. 1882, No. 13; = Mi. 125 ff. Dr1 Samuel 1:6); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural וְצָֽרֲרוּ Numbers 33:55 consecutive, suffix צְרָרוּנִי Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצֹר Isaiah 11:13; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺר Numbers 25:17; Participle active צֹרֵר Numbers 10:9, plural suffix צֹרֲרי Psalm 31:12 +, etc.; — shew hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass, with accusative of person Isaiah 11:13; Numbers 10:9; Numbers 25:17; once with ל person Numbers 25:18; also participle as substantive (construct or with suffix) vexer, harasser, Amos 5:12; Isaiah 11:13; Exodus 23:22 (E), Psalm 6:8; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 7:7; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:12; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 74:4; Psalm 74:23; Psalm 143:12; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 9:10, 24. — Leviticus 18:18 see [צָרַר] below.

[צָרַר] verb denominative make a rival-wife; —
Qal Infinitive construct לִצְרֹר Leviticus 18:18 to make [her] a rival-wife (LagGGN, 1882, 406 Dr-WhLv Baenl. v).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:22

Leviticus

18:18; 18:18

Numbers

10:9; 10:9; 25:17; 25:17; 25:18; 33:55

1 Samuel

1:6; 1:6

Esther

3:10; 8:1; 9:10; 9:24

Psalms

6:8; 7:5; 7:7; 8:3; 10:5; 23:5; 31:12; 31:12; 42:11; 69:20; 74:4; 74:23; 129:1; 129:2; 143:12

Isaiah

11:13; 11:13; 11:13

Jeremiah

4:31; 48:41; 49:22; 49:24

Amos

5:12

H6887

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Strong's Number H6887 matches the Hebrew צָרַר (ṣārar),
which occurs 53 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 12:34–Hos 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - "Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse - those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul replied, "I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me - not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - "The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - Naaman said, "Please accept two talents of silver. He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Stand up angrily, LORD! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering - those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - "Since my youth they have often attacked me," let Israel say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - "Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? - if you know!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God's instructions and give it to my followers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Ephraim's jealousy will end, and Judah's hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For the LORD says, "I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings, a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah. At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearful as a woman in labor."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present. ש (Sin/Shin)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future.

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