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Lexicon :: Strong's H6113 - ʿāṣar

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עָצַר
Transliteration
ʿāṣar
Pronunciation
aw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1675

Strong’s Definitions

עָצָר ʻâtsâr, aw-tsar'; a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble:—× be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H6113 in the following manner: shut up (15x), stayed (7x), retain (3x), detain (3x), able (2x), withhold (2x), keep (2x), prevail (1x), recover (1x), refrained (1x), reign (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H6113 in the following manner: shut up (15x), stayed (7x), retain (3x), detain (3x), able (2x), withhold (2x), keep (2x), prevail (1x), recover (1x), refrained (1x), reign (1x), miscellaneous (8x).
  1. to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain

    1. (Qal)

      1. to restrain, halt, stop

      2. to retain

    2. (Niphal) to be restrained, be stayed, be under restraint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָצָר ʻâtsâr, aw-tsar'; a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble:—× be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
STRONGS H6113: Abbreviations
עָצַר 46 verb restrain, retain (Late Hebrew id.; compare probably Assyrian eṣêru, retain, restrain, DlHWB 122 JägerBAS i. 483 Zehnpfib. 500; Ethiopic bdb078307 press, Arabic bdb078308; Targum עֲצַר Syriac bdb078309 id.); **compare Assyrian uṣurtu, taboo SACJA, 1904, 754. —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Genesis 20:18 +, suffix עֲצָרַנִי Genesis 16:2; 1st person singular יָצַרְתִּי Daniel 10:8, 16; etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעְצֹר 1 Samuel 9:17 +, יַעְצָרֿ 2 Chronicles 2:5; suffix יַעֲצָרְכָה 1 Kings 18:44, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָצֹר Genesis 20:18, construct לַעִצֹר 2 Chronicles 22:9, וַעְצֹר Job 4:2 (Ges§ 28 b); Passive participle עָצוּר Jeremiah 33:1 +, etc.; —
1. restrain, with accusative of person Genesis 16:2 (J; + מִן, i.e. prevent), עָצֹר עָצַר בְּעֵד כָּלרֶֿחֶם Genesis 20:18 (E), compare absolute Isaiah 66:9 (opposed to מוֺלִיד); followed by infinitive 2 Kings 4:24; with accusative of person alone 1 Kings 18:44 hinder, stop; with accusative of sky (hindering rain) Deuteronomy 11:17; 2 Chronicles 7:13; passive participle absolute shut up, or hindered (for reasons not given) Jeremiah 36:5; Nehemiah 6:10 (? by a vow, or by ceremonial uncleanness, compare RsSem i. 436 f., 2nd ed. 455 f.); = shut up (with ב, in prison) 2 Kings 17:4, passive participle Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 39:15, figurative Jeremiah 20:9; on עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (5 times) see I. עזב; עֲצֻרָה לָנוּ 1 Samuel 21:6 women have been kept away with reference to us (compare RSl.c.); עָצוּר מִפְּנֵי 1 Chronicles 12:1 kept away from before Saul; = detain, with accusative Judges 13:15, 16; in Job with בְּ, בְּמִלִּין ע׳ Job 4:2, compare Job 29:9, so בַּמַּיִם Job 12:5; בְּעַמִּי ע׳ 1 Samuel 9:17 is rule over, etc. (si vera lectio); insert also (with other words) 1 Samuel 10:1 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others.
2. (late) retain, with accusative כֹּחַ 2 Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 10:8, 16; Daniel 11:6; + infinitive = be able to 1 Chronicles 29:14; 2 Chronicles 2:5; omit כֹּחַ 2 Chronicles 14:10 (+ עִמְּךָ), 2 Chronicles 20:37 (+ infinitive).
Niph. be restrained, stayed, of plague: Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶעֱצָ֑רָה Numbers 17:15 [Numbers 16:50]; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּעָצַר 2 Samuel 24:21 = 1 Chronicles 21:22, וַתֵּעָצַר Numbers 17:13; Numbers 25:8 (P) 2 Samuel 24:25; Psalm 106:30; be shut up (of sky), Infinitive construct בְּהֵעָצֵר 1 Kings 8:35 2 Chronicles 6:26; be under restraint or detention Participle נֶעְצָר 1 Samuel 21:8 + לִפְחנֵי י׳ (? i.e. kept by a vow, compare HPS and Nehemiah 6:10 above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:2; 16:2; 20:18; 20:18; 20:18

Numbers

16:50; 17:13; 25:8

Deuteronomy

11:17

Judges

13:15; 13:16

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:17; 10:1; 21:6; 21:8

2 Samuel

24:21; 24:25

1 Kings

8:35; 18:44; 18:44

2 Kings

4:24; 17:4

1 Chronicles

12:1; 21:22; 29:14

2 Chronicles

2:5; 2:5; 6:26; 7:13; 13:20; 14:10; 20:37; 22:9; 22:9

Nehemiah

6:10; 6:10

Job

4:2; 4:2; 12:5; 29:9

Psalms

106:30

Isaiah

66:9

Jeremiah

20:9; 33:1; 33:1; 36:5; 39:15

Daniel

10:8; 10:8; 10:16; 10:16; 11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6113 matches the Hebrew עָצַר (ʿāṣar),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “See here, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will [fn]obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - for the LORD had securely closed the wombs of all [the women] in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), for the plague had been brought to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through the body, the man of Israel and the woman. Then the plague on the Israelites stopped.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - or [else] the LORDS anger will be kindled and burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 -

“For the LORD will vindicate His people,

And will have compassion on His servants,

When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,

And none remains, whether bond or free.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 -

Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, “Please let us detain you and let us prepare a young goat for you [to eat].”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - The Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, “There is the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall rule over My people [as their king].”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - David answered the priest, “Be assured that [fn]women have been kept from us in these three days since I set out, and the [fn]bodies of the young men were consecrated (ceremonially clean), although it was an ordinary (unconsecrated) journey; so how much more will their vessels be holy today?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 -

Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be held back from the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was moved [to compassion] by [David’s] prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 -

“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - therefore behold, I am bringing evil on the house (royal line) of Jeroboam, and I will cut off (destroy) from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free, in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - “Behold [says the LORD], I am bringing evil (catastrophe) on you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive [the animal] fast; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - ‘For the entire house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free, in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the affliction (suffering) of Israel as very bitter; there was no one left, bond or free, nor any helper for Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, who sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and bound him in prison.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 -

These are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he still concealed himself from Saul the son of Kish; they were among the courageous men who helped him in battle.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of this threshing floor, so that I may build an altar on it to the LORD. You shall charge me the full price for it, so that the plague may be averted from the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14 -

“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - “But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and [even] the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I to build a house for Him, except [as a place] to burn incense before Him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 -

“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict and humble them;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “If I shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence and plague among My people,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Jeroboam did not recover strength again during the time of [the reign of] Abijah. And the LORD struck him and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Asa called out to the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and the weak; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in and rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken down what you have built.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Jehu also searched for Ahaziah, who was hiding in Samaria; he was captured, brought to Jehu, and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “After all, he is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So the house of Ahaziah had no one left to retain the power to rule over the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 -

When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was [fn]confined at home, he said, “Let us meet [and take refuge] together in the house of God, [fn]within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, because they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 -

“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?

But who can restrain himself from speaking?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 -

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;

Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 -

The princes stopped talking

And put their hands on their mouths;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 -

Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and [fn]interceded,

And so the plague was halted.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 -

“Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the LORD.

“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 -

If I say, “I will not remember Him

Or speak His name anymore,”

Then my heart becomes a burning fire

Shut up in my bones.

And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;

I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 -

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the court of the guard, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:5 - Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 -

Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was [still] confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my normal appearance turned to a deathly pale, and I grew weak and faint [with fright].
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, one who resembled the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, because of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “After some years [fn]the Syrian king of the North and the Egyptian king of the South will make an alliance; the [fn]daughter (Berenice) of the king of the South will come to the [fn]king of the North to make an equitable and peaceful agreement (marriage); [fn]but she will not retain the power of her position, nor will he retain his power. She will be handed over with her attendants and her father as well as he who supported her in those times.
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