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Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

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צָרָה
Transliteration
ṣārâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1973c,1974b

Strong’s Definitions

צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H6869 in the following manner: trouble (44x), distress (8x), affliction (7x), adversity (5x), anguish (5x), tribulation (3x), adversary (1x).

  1. straits, distress, trouble

  2. vexer, rival wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרָה tsârâh, tsaw-raw'; feminine of H6862; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:—adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS H6869: Abbreviations
I. צָרָה 72 noun feminine id.; — absolute צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:24 +, צָרָתָה Psalm 120:1 (Ges§ 90g); construct צָרַת Genesis 42:21; suffix צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 +, צָרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, etc.; plural צָרוֺת absolute Isaiah 65:16 +; suffix צָרֹתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19, etc.; — straits, distress, Genesis 42:21 (E), 1 Samuel 26:24; 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Isaiah 8:22; Job 5:19; Job 27:9; especially Psalms (24 times), e.g. Job 22:12; Job 25:17 (see רחב), Job 25:22; Job 31:8; Job 34:17, 18; specifically of travail, צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים Jeremiah 49:24 (simile), compare Jeremiah 4:31 (Gie צְוָחָה, after Greek Version of the LXX); צָרַת נַפְשׁוֺ Genesis 42:21 (E); בְּיוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E), Psalm 77:3; Psalm 86:7, compare 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; Psalm 20:2; Psalm 50:15; Proverbs 24:10; Proverbs 25:19; Jeremiah 16:19; Obadiah 12,14; Nahum 1:7; Habakkuk 3:16, וּמְצוּקָה יוֺם צ׳ Zephaniah 1:15; בְּעֵתצָֿרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, compare Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 37:39; Isaiah 33:2; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; also בַּצָּרָה Psalm 81:8, בְּצָרָה Psalm 91:15; Nehemiah 9:37, בְּצָדוֺת Psalm 46:2, etc.; רָעוֺת וְצָרוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17, 21 compare 1 Samuel 10:19; Psalm 71:20, צָרָה וְצוּקָה Proverbs 1:27, וְצ׳ אֶרֶץ צ׳ Isaiah 30:6; with ל (poetry), בַּצָּרָ֫תָה לִי Psalm 120:1 in my distress, מִצָּרָה לִי Jonah 2:3. — צָרָה Zechariah 10:11, read מִצְרַיִם [or מָצוֺר] We Now GASm; צֹ֫רָה KloThLz, 1879, 566 StaZAW i (1881), 22; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1 see H1226 בַּצָּרָה.

II. [צָרָה] noun feminine vexer, rival-wife (see references below √; also Ecclus 37:11); — suffix צָרָתָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:3; 35:3; 42:21; 42:21; 42:21

Deuteronomy

31:17; 31:21

Judges

10:14; 10:14

1 Samuel

1:6; 10:19; 10:19; 26:24; 26:24

2 Samuel

4:9

1 Kings

1:29

2 Kings

19:3

Nehemiah

9:27; 9:37

Job

5:19; 22:12; 27:9; 31:8; 34:17; 34:18

Psalms

9:10; 10:1; 20:2; 37:39; 46:2; 50:15; 71:20; 77:3; 81:8; 86:7; 91:15; 120:1; 120:1

Proverbs

1:27; 24:10; 25:19

Isaiah

8:22; 30:6; 33:2; 37:3; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:31; 14:8; 15:11; 16:19; 30:7; 49:24

Daniel

12:1

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

2:3

Nahum

1:7

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

1:15

Zechariah

10:11

H6869

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6869 matches the Hebrew צָרָה (ṣārâ),
which occurs 73 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Isa 30:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[fn] or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no evil[fn] shall touch you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why, O LORD, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Redeem Israel, O God,
out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have known the distress of my soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.[fn] A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[fn] help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In distress you called, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:7 - In the day of my trouble I call upon you,
for you answer me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:15 - When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1 - A Song of Ascents.
In my distress I called to the LORD,
and he answered me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:2 - I pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life!
In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - The righteous is delivered from trouble,
and the wicked walks into it instead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,[fn]
but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble
is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

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