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Lexicon :: Strong's H6887 - ṣārar

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צָרַר
Transliteration
ṣārar
Pronunciation
tsaw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1973,1974

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H6887 in the following manner: enemy (14x), distress (7x), bind up (6x), vex (6x), afflict (4x), besiege (4x), adversary (3x), strait (3x), trouble (2x), bound (2x), pangs (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bind, tie up, shut up

      2. to be scant, be cramped, be in straits

    2. (Pual) to be bound, be tied up

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon

      2. to suffer distress

  2. to show hostility toward, vex

    1. (Qal)

      1. to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass

      2. vexer, harasser (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַר tsârar, tsaw-rar'; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive:—adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
STRONGS H6887: Abbreviations
† [צָרַר] verb denominative
Hiph. suffer distress (specifically of travail, compare Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 49:24); — Participle לֵב אִשָּׁה מְצֵרָה (in simile) Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 49:22.

† II. צָרַר verb shew hostility toward, vex (Late Hebrew צַר foe; Arabic bdb086501 harm, damage, Sabean צֿר war, foe MordtmHim. Inschr. 60. 71 SabDenkm24 CISiv. 174, 1. 6 HomChrest. 125; Ethiopic bdb086502 be hostile, in derived species and derivatives; Assyrian ṣarâru, be hostile, ṣarru, foe; Arabic bdb086503, Assyrian ṣirritu, Syriac bdb086504, all = rival-wife, so (? Hebrew influence) Targum צָרָא 1 Samuel 1:6; see especially LagDeceased Wife's Sister, GGN. 1882, No. 13; = Mi. 125 ff. Dr1 Samuel 1:6); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural וְצָֽרֲרוּ Numbers 33:55 consecutive, suffix צְרָרוּנִי Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצֹר Isaiah 11:13; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺר Numbers 25:17; Participle active צֹרֵר Numbers 10:9, plural suffix צֹרֲרי Psalm 31:12 +, etc.; — shew hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass, with accusative of person Isaiah 11:13; Numbers 10:9; Numbers 25:17; once with ל person Numbers 25:18; also participle as substantive (construct or with suffix) vexer, harasser, Amos 5:12; Isaiah 11:13; Exodus 23:22 (E), Psalm 6:8; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 7:7; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:12; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 74:4; Psalm 74:23; Psalm 143:12; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 9:10, 24. — Leviticus 18:18 see [צָרַר] below.

[צָרַר] verb denominative make a rival-wife; —
Qal Infinitive construct לִצְרֹר Leviticus 18:18 to make [her] a rival-wife (LagGGN, 1882, 406 Dr-WhLv Baenl. v).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:22

Leviticus

18:18; 18:18

Numbers

10:9; 10:9; 25:17; 25:17; 25:18; 33:55

1 Samuel

1:6; 1:6

Esther

3:10; 8:1; 9:10; 9:24

Psalms

6:8; 7:5; 7:7; 8:3; 10:5; 23:5; 31:12; 31:12; 42:11; 69:20; 74:4; 74:23; 129:1; 129:2; 143:12

Isaiah

11:13; 11:13; 11:13

Jeremiah

4:31; 48:41; 49:22; 49:24

Amos

5:12

H6887

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Strong's Number H6887 matches the Hebrew צָרַר (ṣārar),
which occurs 53 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 12:34–Hos 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their dough before their [fn]meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - Plague the Madianites as enemies, and smite them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Phogor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if ye will not destroy the dwellers in the land from before you, then it shall come to pass that whomsoever of them ye shall leave shall be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and they shall be enemies to you on the land on which ye shall dwell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then thou shalt sell them for money, and thou shalt take the money in thy hands, and thou shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and rent and patched bottles of wine,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer [fn]hearkens to me either by the hand of prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am grieved for thee, my brother Jonathan; thou wast very lovely to me; thy love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if [fn]their enemy oppress them in any one of their cities, with regard to every [fn]calamity, every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naiman said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of raiment, and [fn]put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - but only troubled him in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochæus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered their property on the same day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - shewing how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - (LXX 6:8) Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - (LXX 7:5) if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - (LXX 7:7) Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted [fn]in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - (LXX 8:3) [fn] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - (LXX 9:26) His ways are [fn]profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - (LXX 22:5) Thou hast prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and thy cup cheers me like the best wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - (LXX 30:10) Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and my belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - (LXX 30:12) I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - (LXX 41:11) While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - (LXX 68:18) And turn not away thy face from thy [fn]servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - (LXX 68:20) For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - (LXX 73:4) And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - (LXX 73:23) Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - (LXX 128:1) A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - (LXX 128:2) Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - (LXX 142:12) And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his [fn] bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Then shall those who seal themselves that they may [fn]not learn the law be made manifest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not afflict Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - (LXX 31:41) Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - (LXX 30:16) Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - Thou art a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - Ephraim has framed a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.

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