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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 106:44צַר 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6862 matches the Hebrew צַר (ṣar),
which occurs 110 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 78:61–Lam 4:12)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61 -

And gave up His strength to captivity

And His beauty into the hand of the adversary H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 -

He struck His adversaries H6862 backward;

He put on them an everlasting reproach.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 -

“I would quickly subdue their enemies

And I would turn My hand against their adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 -

“But I shall crush his adversaries H6862 before him,

And strike those who hate him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42 -

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries H6862;

You have made all his enemies be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 -

Fire goes before Him

And burns up His adversaries H6862 all around.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:2 -

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress H6862;

Incline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call answer me quickly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 -

And He caused His people to be very fruitful,

And He caused them to be stronger than their adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 -

The waters covered their adversaries H6862;

Not one of them was left.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44 -

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress H6862

When He heard their cry of lamentation;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 -

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say so,

Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary H6862

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 -

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble H6862;

He delivered them out of their distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 -

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble H6862;

He saved them out of their distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 -

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble H6862;

He saved them out of their distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 -

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble H6862,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 -

Oh give us help against the adversary H6862,

For salvation [fn]by man is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 -

[fn]Through God we shall do valiantly,

And it is He who will tread down our adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8 -

Samekh

His heart is upheld, he will not fear,

Ayin

Until he looks in triumph on his adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 -

My zeal has [fn]consumed me,

Because my adversaries H6862 have forgotten Your words.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 -

Trouble H6862 and anguish have found me,

Yet Your commandments are my delight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 -

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries H6862,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 -

And has snatched us from our adversaries H6862,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 -

For a harlot is a deep pit

And [fn]a foreign woman is a narrow H6862 well.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 -

If you are slack in the day of trouble,

Your strength is in trouble H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 -

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts,

The Mighty One of Israel, declares,

“Ah, I will be comforted concerning My adversaries H6862,

And I will avenge Myself on My enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 -

[fn]Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses [fn]seem like flint H6862 and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 -

And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress H6862;

Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:11 -

Therefore Yahweh exalts against them adversaries H6862 from Rezin

And incites their enemies,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 -

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,

And those who assail Judah will be cut off;

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,

And Judah will not assail Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a strong defense for the poor,

A strong defense for the needy in his distress H6862,

A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of the ruthless

Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 -

O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they do not behold it.

[fn]They behold Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;

Indeed, [fn]fire will devour Your adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 -

O Yahweh, they visited You in distress H6862;

They [fn]could only whisper a prayer;

Your chastening was upon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - The Lord has given you bread of distress H6862 and water of oppression; He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 -

“The children of [fn]whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,

‘The place is too cramped H6862 for me;

Make room for me that I may live here.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 -

According to [fn]what they deserve, [fn]so He will pay in full,

Wrath to His adversaries H6862, [fn]what is deserved to His enemies;

To the coastlands He will [fn]pay what they deserve.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 -

So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west

And His glory from the rising of the sun,

For He will come like a [fn]rushing H6862 stream

Which the wind of Yahweh makes flee.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 -

In all their distress [fn]He was distressed H6862,

And the angel of His presence saved them;

In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,

And He lifted them and carried them all the ancient days.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 -

Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while;

Our adversaries H6862 have trodden it down.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 -

[fn]As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil

To make Your name known to Your adversaries H6862,

That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:16 -

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;

And all your adversaries H6862, every one of them, will go into captivity;

And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,

And all who plunder you I will give as plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 -

Indeed, that day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,

A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries H6862;

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a sacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hosts

In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5 -

“For by the ascent of Luhith

They will ascend with continual weeping;

For at the descent of Horonaim

They have heard the distressed H6862 cry of destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 -

“All who came out against them have devoured them;

And their adversaries H6862 have said, ‘We are not guilty,

Inasmuch as they have sinned against Yahweh, who is the abode of righteousness,

Even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 -

He

Her adversaries H6862 have become [fn]her masters;

Her enemies are complacent;

For [fn]Yahweh has caused her grief

Because of the greatness of her transgressions;

Her infants have gone away

As captives before the adversary H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 -

Zayin

In the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious things

That were from the days of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the adversary H6862

And no one helped her.

The adversaries H6862 saw her;

They laughed at her [fn]ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 -

Yodh

The adversary H6862 has stretched out his hand

Over all her desirable things,

For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,

The ones whom You commanded

That they should not enter into Your assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 -

Pe

Zion stretches out her hands;

There is no one to comfort her;

Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob

That the ones round about him should be his adversaries H6862;

Jerusalem has become an impure thing among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 -

Daleth

He has bent His bow like an enemy;

He has set His right hand like an adversary H6862

And killed all that were desirable to the eye;

In the tent of the daughter of Zion

He has poured out His wrath like fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 -

Ayin

Yahweh has done what He purposed;

He has completed His word

Which He commanded from days of old.

He has pulled down without sparing,

And He has caused the enemy to be glad over you;

He has exalted the [fn]might of your adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 -

Lamedh

The kings of the earth did not believe,

Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,

That the adversary H6862 and the enemy

Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.


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