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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
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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

H6113

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - Sarai said to Avram," See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Avram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Avimelekh, because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Aharon returned to Moshe to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Yisra'el into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Yisra'el, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the LORD will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that their power is gone, There is none remaining, shut up or left at large.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 - Manoach said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - The angel of the LORD said to Manoach, Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD. For Manoach didn't know that he was the angel of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:17 - When Shemu'el saw Sha'ul, the LORD said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - David answered the Kohen, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now a certain man of the servants of Sha'ul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Do'eg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Sha'ul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - Aravna said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Yarov`am, and will cut off from Yarov`am every man-child, him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Yisra'el, and will utterly sweep away the house of Yarov`am, as a man sweeps away dung, until it be all gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It happened at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. He said, Go up, tell Ach'av, Make ready your chariot, and get you down, that the rain not stop you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ach'av every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Yisra'el:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; don't slacken me the riding, except I bid you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - For the whole house of Ach'av shall perish; and I will cut off from Ach'av every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the affliction of Yisra'el, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - The king of Ashshur found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Mitzrayim, and offered no tribute to the king of Ashshur, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Ashshur shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - Now these are those who came to David to Tziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Sha'ul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to the LORD: for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of you, and of your own have we given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the arbeh to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Neither did Yarov`am recover strength again in the days of Aviyah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, LORD our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. LORD, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eli`ezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Yehoshafat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Achazyah, the LORD has destroyed your works. The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He sought Achazyah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Shomron), and they brought him to Yehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Yehoshafat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. The house of Achazyah had no power to hold the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - I went to the house of Shemayah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetav'el, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 - The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 - Then Pinechas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I who cause to bring forth shut the womb? says your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - Moreover the word of the LORD came to Yirmeyahu the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:5 - Yirmeyahu commanded Barukh, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - Now the word of the LORD came to Yirmeyahu, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
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