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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).
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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 Box Exo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - “ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded[fn] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am in great distress,” Saul said. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - “By all means, take two talents,” said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - So the king took his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur (that is, the lot) for their ruin and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by[fn] him; he sneers at all his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A song of ascents. “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies[fn] will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For this is what the LORD says: “At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Kerioth[fn] will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.

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