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Lexicon :: Strong's H6862 - ṣar

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צַר
Transliteration
ṣar
Pronunciation
tsar
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1973a,1973b,1

Strong’s Definitions

צַר tsar, tsar; or צָר tsâr; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding):—adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x

The KJV translates Strong's H6862 in the following manner: enemy (37x), adversary (26x), trouble (17x), distress (5x), affliction (3x), foes (2x), narrow (2x), strait (2x), flint (1x), sorrow (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x
The KJV translates Strong's H6862 in the following manner: enemy (37x), adversary (26x), trouble (17x), distress (5x), affliction (3x), foes (2x), narrow (2x), strait (2x), flint (1x), sorrow (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. narrow, tight

  2. straits, distress

  3. adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

  4. hard pebble, flint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַר tsar, tsar; or צָר tsâr; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding):—adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS H6862: Abbreviations
† I. צַר adjective narrow, tight; — absolute צ׳ 2 Kings 6:1 +; צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26 +; feminine צָרָה Proverbs 23:27; — narrow, מָקוֺם צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26, צַר מִמֶּנּוּ 2 Kings 6:1 too narrow for us, compare צַרלִֿי הַמָּקוֺם Isaiah 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); בְּאֵר צָרָה Proverbs 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; || שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה); כַּנָּהָר צָר Isaiah 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (simile of י׳; Klo נְהַר מָצוֺר, CheHpt מִצֹּר נ׳, both 'of Egypt'); סָגוּר חוֺתָם צָ֑ר Job 41:7 (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (Greek Version of the LXX Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du חוֺתַם צֹר with seal of flint, but why specify material?); בְּיוֺם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10 thy strength will be narrow, limited (si vera lectio, compare Toy).

† II. צַר noun [masculine] straits, distress; — absolute צ׳ Job 15:24 +, also with article בַּצַּר Hosea 5:15 +, צָ֑ר Psalm 4:2 +; — straits, distress Isaiah 5:30; Job 15:24; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 60:13; Psalm 108:13 צַראוּמָצוֺק Psalm 119:143; עֵתצֿ׳ Job 38:23, compare בַּצַּר Isaiah 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר Psalm 4:2; רֿוּחִי צ׳ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit; לֶחֶם צַר Isaiah 30:20; לֹא צָֹר Isaiah 63:9 usually he (י׳) had distress (reading לוֺ Qr), but Greek Version of the LXX οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt and others לֹא צִר, no messenger and (or) angel, (but) his own face, etc. Instead of suffix directly appended, ל suffix is used (only after ב): בַּצַּרלִֿי in my distress Psalm 18:7 = 2 Samuel 22:7; Psalm 66:14, so בְּיוֺם צַר(־)לִי Psalm 59:17; Psalm 102:3; בַּצַּר לְךָ Deuteronomy 4:30 (probably originally meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר [infinitive], Dr; so) בַּצַּרלֿוֺ Isaiah 25:4; 2 Chronicles 15:4, בַּצַּר לָהֶם Hosea 5:15; Psalm 107:6; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 107:28, also (after רָאָה) Psalm 106:44 — צַר 1 Samuel 2:32 is corrupt, compare Dr; **Job 36:19.

† III. צַר 68 noun masculineNumbers 10:9 adversary, foe; — absolute צַר Amos 3:11 +, even with article הַצַּר Numbers 10:9, but also הַצָּר Esther 7:4; צָ֑ר Zechariah 8:10 +; plural צָרִים Lamentations 1:7; construct צָרֵי Ezra 4:1 + Isaiah 9:10 (but read probably צָרוֺ or צָרָיו, compare Di-Kit CheHpt; and others. שָׂרֵי), Jeremiah 48:5 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Hi Gie), Ezekiel 30:16 (but Greek Version of the LXX Sm וְנָפֹצוּ, so Berthol; Co וְנִפְרְצוּ, so Toy; Krae יָעוּף); suffix צָרַי Psalm 3:2, צָרֵיהֶם Ezekiel 39:23, צָרֵימוֺ Deuteronomy 32:27, etc.; — adversary, foe, Amos 3:11; Genesis 14:20; Numbers 10:9 (P), Numbers 24:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:27; Deuteronomy 33:7; Joshua 5:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 24:13; Isaiah 9:10 (see above), Zechariah 8:10; Ezra 4:1; Nehemiah 4:5; Esther 7:6 (אִישׁ צַר וְאוֺיֵב), + 21 times, + Psalm 3:2; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 78:42, + 13 times Psalms, + (of י׳'s foes) Psalm 78:66; Psalm 97:3; + (of י׳'s foes) also Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 64:1; Jeremiah 46:10; Nahum 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:41, 43; Job 19:11. — Jeremiah 48:5; Ezekiel 30:16 see above.

† IV. צַר noun [masculine] hard pebble, flint; — כַּצַר Isaiah 5:28 (simile of horses' hoofs; read perhaps H6864 צֹר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:20

Numbers

10:9; 10:9; 10:9; 22:26; 22:26; 24:8

Deuteronomy

4:30; 32:27; 32:27; 32:41; 32:43; 33:7

Joshua

5:13

1 Samuel

2:32

2 Samuel

22:7; 24:13

2 Kings

6:1; 6:1

2 Chronicles

15:4

Ezra

4:1; 4:1

Nehemiah

4:5

Esther

7:4; 7:6

Job

7:11; 15:24; 15:24; 19:11; 36:19; 38:23; 41:7

Psalms

3:2; 3:2; 4:2; 4:2; 13:5; 18:7; 27:2; 32:7; 59:17; 66:14; 78:42; 78:66; 97:3; 102:3; 106:44; 107:6; 107:13; 107:19; 107:28; 108:13; 119:143

Proverbs

23:27; 23:27; 24:10

Isaiah

1:24; 5:28; 5:30; 9:10; 9:10; 25:4; 26:11; 26:16; 30:20; 49:20; 59:18; 59:19; 63:9; 64:1

Jeremiah

46:10; 48:5; 48:5

Lamentations

1:7

Ezekiel

30:16; 30:16; 39:23

Hosea

5:15; 5:15

Amos

3:11; 3:11

Nahum

1:2

Zechariah

8:10; 8:10

H6862

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Strong's Number H6862 matches the Hebrew צַר (ṣar),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - {A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - {To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 - Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 - Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42 - They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61 - And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 - But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42 - Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 - A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 - Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - And the waters covered their oppressors: there was not one of them left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44 - But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 - Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the oppressor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 - Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8 - His heart is maintained, he is not afraid, until he see his desire upon his oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
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