King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6862
Transliteration: tsar
Phonetic Spelling: (tsar)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: narrow, tight
Meaning: narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent
Word Summary
tsar: narrow, tight
Original Word: צַרTransliteration: tsar
Phonetic Spelling: (tsar)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: narrow, tight
Meaning: narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent
Strong's Concordance
adversary, affliction, anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, Or tsar {tsawr}; from tsarar; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. Trouble); also a pebble (as in tsor); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding) -- adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
see HEBREW tsarar
see HEBREW tsor
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6862. tsar
I. צַר adjective narrow, tight; — absolute ׳צ 2 Kings 6:1 +; צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26 +; feminine צָרָה Proverbs 23:27; — narrow, צָ֑ר מָקוֺם Numbers 22:26, מִמֶּנּוּ צַר 2 Kings 6:1 too narrow for us, compare הַמָּקוֺם צַרלִֿי Isaiah 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); צָרָה בְּאֵר Proverbs 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; "" עֲמֻקָּה שׁוּחָה); צָר כַּנָּהָר Isaiah 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (simile of ׳י; Klo מָצוֺר נְהַר, CheHpt ׳נ מִצֹּר, both 'of Egypt'); צָ֑ר חוֺתָם סָגוּר Job 41:7 (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (ᵐ5 Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du צֹר חוֺתַם with seal of flint, but why specify material?); כֹּחֶ֑כָה צַר צָרָה בְּיוֺם 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; 108:13 צַראוּמָצוֺק 119:143; ׳עֵתצֿ Job 38:23, compare בַּצַּר Isaiah 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר Psalm 4:2; רֿוּחִי׳צ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit; צַר לֶחֶם Isaiah 30:20; צָֹר לֹא 63:9 usually he (׳י) had distress (reading לוֺ Qr), but ᵐ5 οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt and others צִר לֹא, 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 צַר(ֿ)לִי בְּיוֺם 59:17; 102:3; לְךָ בַּצַּר Deuteronomy 4:30 (probably originally meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר [infinitive], Dr; so) בַּצַּרלֿוֺ Isaiah 25:4; 2 Chronicles 15:4, לָהֶם בַּצַּר Hosea 5:15; Psalm 107:6; 107:13; 107:19; 107:28, also (after רָאָה) 106:44 — צַר 1 Samuel 2:32 is corrupt, compare Dr; **Job 36:19.
III. צַר68 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; al. שָׂרֵי), Jeremiah 48:5 (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Gie), Ezekiel 30:16 (but ᵐ5 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), 24:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:27; 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 (וְאוֺיֵב צַר אִישׁ), + 21 t., + Psalm 3:2; 13:5; 27:2; 78:42, + 13 t. Psalms, + (of ׳יs foes) 78:66; 97:3; + (of ׳י's foes) also Isaiah 1:24; 26:11; 59:18; 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 צֹר).
ערר (√of following, compare Biblical Hebrew II. צָרַר, III. צַר).