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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 110 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 78:61–Lam 4:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:61 - And gave up His strength to captivity
And His glory into the hand of the adversary. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - He [fn]drove His adversaries H6862 backward;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - “I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:23 - “But I shall crush his adversaries H6862 before him,
And strike those who hate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:42 - You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; H6862
You have made all his enemies rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 - Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries H6862 round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:24 - And He caused His people to be very fruitful,
And made them stronger than their adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - The waters covered their adversaries; H6862
Not one of them was left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:44 - Nevertheless He looked upon their distress H6862
When He heard their cry;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:2 - Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:6 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; H6862
He delivered them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; H6862
He saved them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; H6862
He saved them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:28 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, H6862
And He brought them out of their distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Oh give us help against the adversary, H6862
For deliverance [fn]by man is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 - [fn]Through God we will do valiantly,
And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:8 - His heart is upheld, he will not fear,
Until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:139

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal has [fn]consumed me,
Because my adversaries H6862 have forgotten Your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:143

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble H6862 and anguish have [fn]come upon me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, H6862
Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - And has rescued us from our adversaries, H6862
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a harlot is a deep pit
And an [fn]adulterous woman is a narrow H6862 well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries H6862
And avenge Myself on My foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:28

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:30

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:11 - Therefore the LORD raises against them adversaries H6862 from Rezin
And spurs their enemies on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For You have been a defense for the helpless,
A 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.
[fn]They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [fn]fire will devour Your enemies. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - O LORD, they sought You in distress; H6862
They [fn]could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - Although the Lord has given you bread of privation H6862 and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:20

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.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - According to their [fn]deeds, [fn]so He will repay,
Wrath to His adversaries, H6862 recompense to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will [fn]make recompense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So they will fear the name of the LORD 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 the LORD drives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their affliction [fn]He was afflicted, 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 days of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries H6862 have trodden it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:2

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!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:16

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 plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For that day belongs to the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; H6862
And the sword will devour and be satiated
And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a slaughter for the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:5

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 [fn]anguished H6862 cry of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - “All who came upon them have devoured them;
And their adversaries H6862 have said, ‘We are not guilty,
Inasmuch as they have sinned against the LORD who is the habitation of righteousness,
Even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - Her adversaries H6862 have become [fn]her masters,
Her enemies [fn]prosper;
For the LORD has caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - 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 mocked at her [fn]ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - The adversary H6862 has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 - Zion stretches out her hands;
There is no one to comfort her;
The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob
That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; H6862
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He has bent His bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary H6862
And slain all that were pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has poured out His wrath like fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what He purposed;
He has accomplished His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has thrown down without sparing,
And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [fn]might of your adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - 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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