H6862 צַר (tsar) tsar

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Derivation: or צָר; from H6887 (צָרַר); compare as in H6864 (צֹר)

KJV Usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

TWOT Reference: 1973a,b,1974a,1975a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) narrow, tight

2) straits, distress

3) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

4) hard pebble, flint

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G318 G972 G1228 G1587 G2190 G2346 G2347 G2556 G4728 G4731 G5227

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צַר (tsar) — narrow. narrow, tight

צַר (tsar) — distress. straits, distress

צַר (tsar) — enemy. adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

צַר (tsar) — hard. hard pebble, flint

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צַר (H6862a · H6862b · H6862c · H6862d · H6864b)

adj · צֹר · צְרֹור · צרר

Little

narrow = state in which an object is relatively small in size, ≈ with the connotation of being too small to be able to do what it is intended for, and with trouble

NUM 22:26 · 2KI 6:1 · JOB 41:7 · PRO 23:27 · ISA 49:20 · ISA 59:19

Lax

small = state in which a certain quality is small in intensity

PRO 24:10

Unsafe | ≠ רַחַב

distress = a process by which humans go through extremely difficult circumstances, resulting in severe anxiety, ◄ as if one were confined to a narrow and cramped space from which there is no escape

DEU 4:30 · 1SA 2:32 · 2SA 22:7 · 2CH 15:4 · EST 7:4 · JOB 7:11 · JOB 15:24 · JOB 36:16 · JOB 36:19 · JOB 38:23 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 18:7 · PSA 32:7 · PSA 66:14 · PSA 106:44 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 107:6 · PSA 107:13 · PSA 107:19 · PSA 107:28 · PSA 119:143 · ISA 5:30 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 26:16 · ISA 30:20 · ISA 63:9 · JER 48:5 · LAM 1:20 · HOS 5:15

Enemies | ≈ איב · קום עַל · רדף · שׂנא

adversary primarily used in poetry: = person that opposes other people and so is a cause of distress to others

GEN 14:20 · NUM 10:9 · NUM 24:8 · DEU 32:27 · DEU 32:41 · DEU 32:43 · DEU 33:7 · JOS 5:13 · 2SA 24:13 · 1CH 12:18 · 1CH 21:12 · EZR 4:1 · NEH 4:5 · NEH 9:27 · NEH 9:27 · EST 7:6 · JOB 6:23 · JOB 16:9 · JOB 19:11 · PSA 3:2 · PSA 13:5 · PSA 27:2 · PSA 27:12 · PSA 44:6 · PSA 44:8 · PSA 44:11 · PSA 60:13 · PSA 60:14 · PSA 74:10 · PSA 78:42 · PSA 78:61 · PSA 78:66 · PSA 81:15 · PSA 89:24 · PSA 89:43 · PSA 97:3 · PSA 105:24 · PSA 106:11 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 108:13 · PSA 108:14 · PSA 112:8 · PSA 119:139 · PSA 119:157 · PSA 136:24 · ISA 1:24 · ISA 9:10 · ISA 26:11 · ISA 59:18 · ISA 63:18 · ISA 64:1 · JER 30:16 · JER 46:10 · JER 50:7 · LAM 1:5 · LAM 1:5 · LAM 1:7 · LAM 1:7 · LAM 1:10 · LAM 1:17 · LAM 2:4 · LAM 2:17 · LAM 4:12 · EZK 30:16 · EZK 39:23 · AMO 3:11 · MIC 5:8 · NAM 1:2 · ZEC 8:10

noun m · צֹר

Stone

flint = extremely hard type of stone that leaves sharp edges when fractured; ► can be used as knife; ≈ associated with an inflexible attitude

ISA 5:28

¹ JOB 41:7 MT HOTTP-B RSV NRSV "closely" NIV "tightly" NJPS "binding" NJB "firmly" = [1b] | REB חֹומַת צֹר "wall of flint" = [2a] ² PSA 107:2 RSV NRSV CEV "trouble" NJPS "adversity" = [1c] | NIV "foe" NJB REB GNT "enemies" = [1d]

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צַר adj. narrow, tight base

צַר n.[m.] straits, distress base

צַר 68 n.m. adversary, foe base

צַר n.[m.] hard pebble, flint;—Is 5:28 ref

Bible Occurrences (107)

14:20

10:9 22:26 24:8

4:30 32:27 32:41 32:43 33:7

5:13

11:7

2:32 13:6

22:7 24:13 24:14

6:1

12:17 21:12 21:13

15:4

4:1

4:11 9:27

7:4 7:6

6:23 7:11 15:24 16:9 19:11 36:16 36:19 38:23 41:15

3:1 4:1 13:4 18:6 27:2 27:12 32:7 44:5 44:7 44:10 60:11 60:12 66:14 74:10 78:42 78:61 78:66 81:14 89:23 89:42 97:3 105:24 106:11 106:44 107:2 107:6 107:13 107:19 107:28 108:12 108:13 112:8 119:139 119:143 119:157 136:24

23:27 24:10

1:24 5:28 5:30 9:11 11:13 25:4 26:11 26:16 30:20 49:20 59:18 59:19 63:9 63:18 64:2

30:16 46:10 48:5 50:7

1:5 1:7 1:10 1:17 1:20 2:4 2:17 4:12

30:16 39:23

5:15

3:11

5:9

1:2

8:10

Genesis 14:20

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. Then Abram gave [Melchizedek] a tenth of everything.

Numbers 10:9

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

Numbers 22:26

And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.

Numbers 24:8

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

Deuteronomy 32:27

if I had not dreaded... the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.

Deuteronomy 32:41

when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Rejoice, [O heavens, with Him, <p class=|indent2|>and let all God’s angels worship Him.] [Rejoice,] O nations, [with] His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries<p class=|indent2|> [and repay those who hate Him]; He will cleanse His land [and] His people.