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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 [fn]he fled from Absalom his son.
O LORD, how my adversaries H6862 have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - [fn]For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God [fn]of my righteousness!
You have [fn]relieved me in my distress; H6862
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries H6862 will rejoice when I am shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress H6862 I called upon the LORD,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries H6862 and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Do not deliver me over to the [fn]desire of my adversaries, H6862
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; H6862
You surround me with [fn]songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 - Through You we will push back our adversaries; H6862
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But You have saved us from our adversaries, H6862
And You have put to shame those who hate us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - You cause us to turn back from the adversary; H6862
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - O give us help against the adversary, H6862
For deliverance [fn]by man is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:12 - [fn]Through God we shall do valiantly,
And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was in distress. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, O God, will the adversary H6862 revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:42 - They did not remember His [fn]power,
The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 136:24

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