צַר
distress
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 10 distinct
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 51 times (46%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 27 times (25%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 19 times (17%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (5%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Construct 2 times (2%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 1 time (1%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1 time (1%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
+2 more forms (2 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 110 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H6862 appears — 107 distinct verses across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 10:9 הַ/צַּר֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 22:26 צָ֔ר adj Adjective ms The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
- Numbers 24:8 צָרָ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms God brings him forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, Shall break their bones in pieces, Smite [them] through with his arrows.
Deuteronomy 5 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:30 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 32:27 צָרֵ֑י/מוֹ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 לְ/צָרָ֔/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs If I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, Will recompense those who hate me.
- Deuteronomy 32:43 לְ/צָרָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.
- Deuteronomy 33:7 מִ/צָּרָ֖י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah, Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself; You shall be a help against his adversaries.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:32 צַ֣ר adj Adjective ms cs You shall see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 צַר Qal pf 3ms When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 22:7 בַּ/צַּר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms In my distress I called on Yahweh; Yes, I called to my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry [came] into his ears.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 צָרֶ֜י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 2 Samuel 24:14 צַר Qal pf 3ms David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 לְ/צָרַ֗/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 צָרֶי/ךָ֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 1 Chronicles 21:13 צַר Qal pf 3ms David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 4:11 צָרֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
- Nehemiah 9:27 צָֽרֵי/הֶ֔ם צָרֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 7:4 הַ/צָּ֛ר ptcl def.art + n c ms for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
- Esther 7:6 צַ֣ר n c ms Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Job 8 verses
- Job 6:23 צָ֑ר n c ms Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'
- Job 7:11 בְּ/צַ֣ר prep + Adjective Adjective ms cs "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 15:24 צַ֣ר adj Adjective ms Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- Job 16:9 צָרִ֓/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He has gnashed on me with his teeth: My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
- Job 19:11 כְ/צָרָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
- Job 36:16 צָ֗ר adj Adjective ms Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- Job 38:23 צָ֑ר adj Adjective ms Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
- Job 41:15 צָֽר adj Adjective ms Strong scales are his pride, Shut up together with a close seal.
Psalms 38 verses
- Psalms 3:1 צָרָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
- Psalms 4:1 בַּ֭/צָּר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 13:4 צָרַ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
- Psalms 18:6 בַּ/צַּר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 27:2 צָרַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 27:12 צָרָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.
- Psalms 32:7 מִ/צַּ֪ר prep + Adjective Adjective ms You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Psalms 44:5 צָרֵ֣י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
- Psalms 44:7 מִ/צָּרֵ֑י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have shamed those who hate us.
- Psalms 44:10 צָ֑ר n c ms You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
- Psalms 59:16 צַר Qal pf 3ms But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, A refuge in the day of my distress.
- Psalms 60:11 מִ/צָּ֑ר prep + n c ms Give us help against the adversary, For the help of man is vain.
- Psalms 60:12 צָרֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Through God we shall do valiantly, For it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
- Psalms 66:14 בַּ/צַּר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms which my lips promised, And my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
- Psalms 74:10 צָ֑ר n c ms How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Psalms 78:42 צָֽר n c ms They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Psalms 78:61 צָֽר n c ms And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand.
- Psalms 78:66 צָרָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
- Psalms 81:14 צָ֝רֵי/הֶ֗ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
- Psalms 89:23 צָרָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
- Psalms 89:42 צָרָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
- Psalms 97:3 צָרָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms A fire goes before him, And burns up his adversaries on every side.
- Psalms 102:2 צַ֫ר Qal pf 3ms Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
- Psalms 105:24 מִ/צָּרָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
- Psalms 106:11 צָרֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Psalms 106:44 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry.
- Psalms 107:2 צָֽר n c ms Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- Psalms 107:6 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
- Psalms 107:13 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
- Psalms 107:19 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.
- Psalms 107:28 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.
- Psalms 108:12 מִ/צָּ֑ר prep + n c ms Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
- Psalms 108:13 צָרֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.
- Psalms 112:8 בְ/צָרָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
- Psalms 119:139 צָרָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words.
- Psalms 119:143 צַר adj Adjective ms Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
- Psalms 119:157 וְ/צָרָ֑/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
- Psalms 136:24 מִ/צָּרֵ֑י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp And has delivered us from our adversaries; For his loving kindness endures forever:
Proverbs 2 verses
Isaiah 15 verses
- Isaiah 1:24 מִ/צָּרַ֔/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies;
- Isaiah 5:28 כַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + n c ms Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind.
- Isaiah 5:30 צַ֣ר adj Adjective ms They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
- Isaiah 9:11 צָרֵ֥י n c mp cs Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
- Isaiah 11:13 וְ/צֹרְרֵ֥י conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
- Isaiah 25:4 בַּ/צַּר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the awesome ones is as a storm against the wall.
- Isaiah 26:11 צָרֶ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see: but they shall see [your] zeal for the people, and be disappointed; yes, fire shall devour your adversaries.
- Isaiah 26:16 בַּ/צַּ֣ר prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Yahweh, in trouble have they visited you; they poured out a prayer [when] your chastening was on them.
- Isaiah 30:20 צָ֖ר adj Adjective ms Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be hidden anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers;
- Isaiah 49:20 צַר adj Adjective ms The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
- Isaiah 59:18 לְ/צָרָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
- Isaiah 59:19 צָ֔ר Qal ptcp.act ms So shall they fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Yahweh drives.
- Isaiah 63:9 צָ֗ר adj Adjective ms In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:18 צָרֵ֕י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Your holy people possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
- Isaiah 64:2 לְ/צָרֶ֑י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 30:16 צָרַ֥יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.
- Jeremiah 46:10 מִ/צָּרָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 48:5 צָרֵ֥י n c mp cs For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:7 וְ/צָרֵי/הֶ֥ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.
Lamentations 7 verses
- Lamentations 1:5 צָרֶ֤י/הָ צָֽר n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
- Lamentations 1:7 צָ֗ר צָרִ֔ים n c ms n c mp Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
- Lamentations 1:10 צָ֔ר n c ms The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: For she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom you did command that they should not enter into your assembly.
- Lamentations 1:17 צָרָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
- Lamentations 2:4 כְּ/צָ֔ר prep + n c ms He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.
- Lamentations 2:17 צָרָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
- Lamentations 4:12 צַ֣ר n c ms The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 30:16 צָרֵ֥י n c mp cs I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis [shall have] adversaries in the day-time.
- Ezekiel 39:23 צָרֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew adjective צר centers on the idea of “distress.” Lexicons map it across 4 senses. It turns up in 107 verses across 25 books, a common footprint. The word gravitates to Psalms (36%), then Isaiah and Job. First canonically at Genesis 14:20, it enters the text early. Dig into 107-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6862 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 107
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 107 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #396
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 396 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 107 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 107 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 64 verses · 60%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 34 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 9 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 5 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Enemies 23×, Adversaries 16×, Trouble 13×
- American Standard Version†: Adversaries 28×, Adversary 12×, Distress 8×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Enemies 21×, Foes 20×, Distress 16×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Adversaries 30×, Distress 12×, Enemies 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6862 across 103† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6862 across 102† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6862 across 109† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6862 across 115† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 0 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
צר I ii. צֹר v. I, II, III. צרר.
צר II arrow, tight
צר III [m.] straits, distress
צר IV [m.] hard pebble, flint
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. ii. צֹר v. I, II, III. צרר.
II. adj. narrow, tight;—abs. צ׳ 2 K 6:1 +; צָ֑ר Nu 22:26 +; f. צָרָה Pr 23:27;—narrow, מָקוֹם צָ֑ר Nu 22:26, צַר מִמֶּנּוּ 2 K 6:1 too narrow for us, cf. צַר־לִי הַמָּקוֹם Is 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); בְּאֵר צָרָה Pr 23:27 (fig. of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; ‖ שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה); כַּנָּהָר צָר Is 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (sim. of י׳; Klo נְהַר מָצוֹר, CheHpt. נ׳ מִצֹּר, both ‘of Egypt’); סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָ֑ר Jb 41:7 (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (𝔊 Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du חוֹתַם צֹד with seal of flint, but why specify material?); בְּיוֹם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה Pr 24:10 thy strength will be narrow, limited (si vera l., cf. Toy).
III. n.[m.] straits, distress;—abs. צ׳ Jb 15:24 +, also c. art. בַּצַּר Ho 5:15 +, צָ֑ר ψ 4:2 +;—straits, distress Is 5:30; Jb 15:24 ψ 32:7; 60:13 108:13 צַר־וּמָצוֹק 119:143; עֵת־צ׳ Jb 38:23, cf. בַּצַּר Is 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר ψ 4:2; צ׳־רוּהִי Jb 7:11 distress of my spirit; לֶחֶם צַר Is 30:20; לֹא צָ֗ר Is 63:9 usually he (י׳) had distress (reading לִוֹ Qr), but 𝔊 οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt. al. לֹא צִר, no messenger (but) his own face, etc.; cf. Jb 36:16, 19. Instead of sf. directly appended, ל sf. is used (only after ב): בַּצַּר־לִי in my distress ψ 18:7 = 2 S 22:7, ψ 66:14, so בְּיוֹם צַר(־)לִי 59:17; 102:3; בַּצַּר לְךָ Dt 4:30 (prob. orig. meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר [inf.], Dr; so) בַּצַּר־לוֹ Is 25:4; 2 Ch 15:4, בַּצַּר לָהֶם Ho 5:15 ψ 107:6, 13, 19, 28, also (after רָאָה) 106:44—צַר 1 S 2:32 is corrupt. III. צַר v. II. צָרַר.
IV. n.m. Nu 10:9 adversary, foe;—abs. צַר Am 3:11 +, even c. art. הַצַּר Nu 10:9, but also הַצָּר Est 7:4; צָ֑ר Zc 8:10 +; pl. צָרִים La 1:7; cstr. צָרֵי Ezr 4:1 + Is 9:10 (but read prob. צָרוֹ or צָרָיו, cf. Di-Kit CheHpt.; al. שָׂרֵי), Je 48:5 (del. 𝔊 Hi Gie), Ez 30:16 (but 𝔊 Sm וְנָפֹצוּ, so Berthol; Co וְנִפְרְצוּ, so Toy; Krae יָעוּף); sf. צָרַי ψ 3:2, צָרֵיהֶם Ez 39:23, צָרֵימוֹ Dt 32:27, etc.;—adversary, foe, Am 3:11; Gn 14:20; Nu 10:9; (P), 24:8 (JE); Dt 32:27; 33:7; Jos 5:13 (JE); 2 S 24:13; Is 9:10 (v. supr.), Zc 8:10; Ezr 4:1; Ne 4:5; Est 7:6 (אִישׁ צַר וְאוֹיֵב), + 21 times, + ψ 3:2; 13:5; 27:2; 78:42, + 13 times ψψ, + (of י׳’s foes) 78:66; 97:3; + (of י׳’s foes) also Is 1:24; 26:11; 59:18; 64:1; Je 46:10; Na 1:2; Dt 32:41, 43; Jb 19:11.—Je 48:5; Ez 30:16 v. supr.
V. n.[m.] hard pebble, flint;—כַּצַּר Is 5:28 (sim. of horses’ hoofs; read perhaps צֹר).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from צרר (tsârar) (H6887) — to bind.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
צֹר
- , v. צוֹר
צַר I
- to be narrow, v. צָרַר.
צַר II
- preced.)
- 1. (adj.) narrow. Par. XII, 2 צלוחית שפיה צר a flask with a narrow neck; a. e.—צַר עַיִן, pl. צָרֵי עין narrow-minded, selfish, envious. Y. Taan. III, 66ᵈ (ref. to Job XXXVI, 19) אם סדרתה תפלה לא יהו לך צ׳ ע׳ מלמעלה if thou orderest thy prayer well, thou shalt have no envious adversaries in heaven above; a. e.; v. עַיִן.—Fem. צָרָה. Esth. R. to I, 5, a. e., v. עַיִן; a. fr.—Pl. צָרוֹת. Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵃ bot. רחבות מלמעלן וצ׳ וכ׳ wide above, and narrow below; a. fr. e.g. Job 36:19
- 2. anguish, trouble. Erub. 65ᵃ בַּצַּר אל יורה, v. יָרָה.
- 3. oppressor, adversary. Gen. R. s. 61, end, v. צוֹר.—[Yalk. Gen. 62 שונא וצר, v. עָר.]—Pl. צָרִים. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Job l. c.) ערוך שועך … צ׳ מלמעלן order thy prayer before thy Maker, that thou have no adversaries (accusers) in heaven above; Snh. 44ᵇ כל המאמץ … אין לו צ׳ וכ׳ he who strengthens himself (makes a strong effort) for prayer, has no adversaries &c. Ib. ואל יהיו צ׳ וכ׳ and that he may have no adversaries &c. Ex. R. s. 27 צָרֵיהֶם של ישראל Israel’s allied adversaries; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 67 distinct written forms H6862 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 7 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 86 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 107 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 14:20
- Numbers 10:9
- Deuteronomy 4:30
- Joshua 5:13
- Judges 11:7
- 1 Samuel 2:32
- 2 Samuel 22:7
- 2 Kings 6:1
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
- 2 Chronicles 15:4
- Ezra 4:1
- Esther 7:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
