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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 taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs are bound up in their garments on their shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - 'And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - 'Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, with which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor, and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is smitten in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - 'And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, are for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then thou hast given it in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - 'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Why hast thou troubled me, to bring me up?' And Saul saith, 'I have great distress, and the Philistines are fighting against me, God hath turned aside from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the hand of the prophets, or by dreams; and I call for thee to let me know what I do.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - 'Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -- when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land in its gates, any plague, any sickness, --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naaman saith, 'Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz),

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he is to her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, adversary of the Jews, they have slain, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - because Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of all the Jews, had devised concerning the Jews to destroy them, and had caused to fall Pur -- that is the lot -- to crush them and to destroy them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:5 - Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 - And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What is His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - See, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house it is as death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - Distressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - Bound up is the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden is his sin,

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