6869. tsarah
Strong's Lexicon
tsarah: Distress, trouble, affliction, adversity

Original Word: צָרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tsarah
Pronunciation: tsaw-raw'
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-raw')
Definition: Distress, trouble, affliction, adversity
Meaning: tightness, a female rival

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb צָרַר (tsarar), meaning "to bind" or "to be narrow."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2347 (θλῖψις, thlipsis): Often translated as "tribulation" or "affliction," this Greek word carries a similar meaning of pressure or distress.

- G4730 (στενοχωρία, stenochoria): Meaning "distress" or "anguish," it reflects the idea of being in a narrow or confined space.

Usage: The Hebrew word "tsarah" is used to describe situations of distress, trouble, or adversity. It often conveys a sense of being in a tight or narrow place, reflecting the pressure and difficulty of the circumstances. In the Old Testament, "tsarah" is frequently used to describe the trials and tribulations faced by individuals or the nation of Israel, often as a result of sin or as a test of faith.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the concept of "tsarah" was deeply connected to the covenant relationship between God and His people. Distress and adversity were often seen as consequences of disobedience or as divine discipline intended to bring about repentance and restoration. The Israelites understood that turning back to God and seeking His deliverance was the path to relief from "tsarah." This understanding is reflected in the communal and individual laments found in the Psalms and other biblical texts.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. צָרָה72 noun feminine id.; — absolute ׳צ 1 Samuel 26:24 +, צָרָתָה Psalm 120:1 (Ges§ 90g); construct צָרַת Genesis 42:21; suffix צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 +, צָרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, etc.; plural צָרוֺת absolute Isaiah 65:16 +; suffix צָרֹתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19, etc.; — straits, distress, Genesis 42:21 (E), 1 Samuel 26:24; 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Isaiah 8:22; Job 5:19; Job 27:9; especially Psalms (24 t.), e.g. Job 22:12; Job 25:17 (see רחב), Job 25:22; Job 31:8; Job 34:17,18; specifically of travail, צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים Jeremiah 49:24 (simile), compare Jeremiah 4:31 (Gie צְוָחָה, after ᵐ5); צָרַת נַפְשׁוֺ Genesis 42:21 (E); בְּיוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E), Psalm 77:3; Psalm 86:7, compare 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; Psalm 20:2; Psalm 50:15; Proverbs 24:10; Proverbs 25:19; Jeremiah 16:19; Obadiah 12,14; Nahum 1:7; Habakkuk 3:16, וּמְצוּקָה ׳יוֺם צ Zephaniah 1:15; בְּעֵתצָֿרַתְכֶם Judges 10:14, compare Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 37:39; Isaiah 33:2; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1; also בַּצָּרָה Psalm 81:8, בְּצָרָה Psalm 91:15; Nehemiah 9:37, בְּצָדוֺת Psalm 46:2, etc.; רָעוֺת וְצָרוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17,21 compare 1 Samuel 10:19; Psalm 71:20, צָרָה וְצוּקָה Proverbs 1:27, ׳וְצ ׳אֶרֶץ צ Isaiah 30:6; with ל (poetry), בַּצָּרָ֫תָה לִי Psalm 120:1 in my distress, מִצָּרָה לִי Jonah 2:3. — צָרָה Zechariah 10:11, read מִצְרַיִם [or מָצוֺר] We Now GASm; צֹ֫רָה KloThLz, 1879, 566 StaZAW i (1881), 22; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 10:1 see בַּצָּרָה.

II. [צָרָה] noun feminine vexer, rival-wife (see references below √; also Ecclus 37:11); — suffix צָרָתָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble

Feminine of tsar; tightness (i.e. Figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

see HEBREW tsar

Forms and Transliterations
בְ֝צָר֗וֹת בְּצָר֥וֹת בְצָרָ֑ה בַּצָּרָ֣תָה בַּצָּרָ֥ה בַּצָּרָֽה׃ בצרה בצרה׃ בצרות בצרתה הַצָּרָ֖ה הַצָּרוֹת֙ הצרה הצרות וְצָר֑וֹת וְצָרָ֑ה וְצָרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ וְצָרוֹת֒ וּבְצָרָ֥ה ובצרה וצרה וצרות וצרתיכם לְ֝צָרָ֗ה לצרה מִצָּ֥רָה מִצָּר֣וֹת מִצָּרָ֣ה מִצָּרָת֖וֹ מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ מצרה מצרות מצרתו מצרתנו צָ֝רָתִ֗י צָ֝רוֹתָ֗יו צָ֝רוֹתָ֗ם צָ֭רָה צָ֭רָתִ֥י צָ֭רוֹת צָֽרָתִ֔י צָֽרָתָהּ֙ צָֽרָתָם֙ צָֽרוֹתָיו׃ צָר֣וֹת צָר֥וֹת צָרַ֥ת צָרַתְכֶֽם׃ צָרָ֑ה צָרָ֔ה צָרָ֖ה צָרָ֗ה צָרָ֣ה צָרָ֤ה צָרָ֥ה צָרָ֧ה צָרָ֨ה צָרָֽה׃ צָרָה֙ צָרָתִי֮ צָרָתָ֣ם ׀ צרה צרה׃ צרות צרותיו צרותם צרת צרתה צרתי צרתכם׃ צרתם baṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯāh baṣ·ṣā·rāh baṣṣārāh baṣṣārāṯāh batztzaRah batztzaRatah ḇə·ṣā·rāh bə·ṣā·rō·wṯ ḇə·ṣā·rō·wṯ ḇəṣārāh bəṣārōwṯ ḇəṣārōwṯ betzaRot haṣ·ṣā·rāh haṣ·ṣā·rō·wṯ haṣṣārāh haṣṣārōwṯ hatztzaRah hatztzarOt lə·ṣā·rāh ləṣārāh letzaRah miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯōw miṣ·ṣā·rāh miṣ·ṣā·rō·wṯ miṣṣārāh miṣṣārāṯênū miṣṣārāṯōw miṣṣārōwṯ mitztzaRah mitztzaraTenu mitztzaraTo mitztzaRot ṣā·rā·ṯāh ṣā·rā·ṯām ṣā·rā·ṯî ṣā·rāh ṣā·raṯ ṣā·raṯ·ḵem ṣā·rō·w·ṯām ṣā·rō·w·ṯāw ṣā·rō·wṯ ṣārāh ṣāraṯ ṣārāṯāh ṣārāṯām ṣārāṯî ṣāraṯḵem ṣārōwṯ ṣārōwṯām ṣārōwṯāw tzaRah tzaRat tzaraTah tzaraTam tzaratChem tzaraTi Tzarot tzaroTam Tzarotav ū·ḇə·ṣā·rāh ūḇəṣārāh uvetzaRah vetzaRah vetzaRot vetzaroteiChem wə·ṣā·rāh wə·ṣā·rō·ṯê·ḵem wə·ṣā·rō·wṯ wəṣārāh wəṣārōṯêḵem wəṣārōwṯ
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Genesis 35:3
HEB: אֹתִי֙ בְּי֣וֹם צָֽרָתִ֔י וַיְהִי֙ עִמָּדִ֔י
NAS: me in the day of my distress and has been
KJV: me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way
INT: answered the day of my distress been against

Genesis 42:21
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָאִ֜ינוּ צָרַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֛וֹ בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹ
NAS: we saw the distress of his soul
KJV: we saw the anguish of his soul,
INT: because saw the distress of his soul pleaded

Genesis 42:21
HEB: בָּ֣אָה אֵלֵ֔ינוּ הַצָּרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃
NAS: this distress has come
KJV: us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come
INT: has come about distress likewise

Deuteronomy 31:17
HEB: רָע֥וֹת רַבּ֖וֹת וְצָר֑וֹת וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם
NAS: evils and troubles will come
KJV: evils and troubles shall befall
INT: evils and many and troubles will say day

Deuteronomy 31:21
HEB: רָע֣וֹת רַבּוֹת֮ וְצָרוֹת֒ וְ֠עָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָ֨ה
NAS: evils and troubles have come
KJV: evils and troubles are befallen
INT: evils many and troubles will testify song

Judges 10:14
HEB: לָכֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֥ת צָרַתְכֶֽם׃
NAS: you in the time of your distress.
KJV: you in the time of your tribulation.
INT: deliver the time of your distress

1 Samuel 1:6
HEB: וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־ כַּ֔עַס
NAS: Her rival, however, would provoke
KJV: And her adversary also provoked
INT: provoke her rival again her sore

1 Samuel 10:19
HEB: מִכָּל־ רָעוֹתֵיכֶ֣ם וְצָרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ
NAS: your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said,
KJV: you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said
INT: all your adversities and your distresses have said for

1 Samuel 26:24
HEB: וְיַצִּלֵ֖נִי מִכָּל־ צָרָֽה׃ פ
NAS: me from all distress.
KJV: and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
INT: deliver all distress

2 Samuel 4:9
HEB: נַפְשִׁ֖י מִכָּל־ צָרָֽה׃
NAS: my life from all distress,
KJV: my soul out of all adversity,
INT: my life all distress

1 Kings 1:29
HEB: נַפְשִׁ֖י מִכָּל־ צָרָֽה׃
NAS: my life from all distress,
KJV: my soul out of all distress,
INT: my life all distress

2 Kings 19:3
HEB: חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־ צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה
NAS: is a day of distress, rebuke,
KJV: [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke,
INT: Hezekiah day of distress rebuke and rejection

2 Chronicles 15:6
HEB: הֲמָמָ֖ם בְּכָל־ צָרָֽה׃
NAS: them with every kind of distress.
KJV: did vex them with all adversity.
INT: troubled every of distress

2 Chronicles 20:9
HEB: וְנִזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
NAS: and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear
KJV: and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear
INT: assemble to you our distress will hear and deliver

Nehemiah 9:27
HEB: לָהֶ֑ם וּבְעֵ֤ת צָֽרָתָם֙ יִצְעֲק֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ
NAS: to You in the time of their distress, You heard
KJV: them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried
INT: be distressed the time of their distress cried about

Nehemiah 9:37
HEB: וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם וּבְצָרָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
NAS: So we are in great distress.
KJV: and we [are] in great distress.
INT: our cattle please distress great ourselves

Job 5:19
HEB: בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀
NAS: From six troubles He will deliver
KJV: thee in six troubles: yea, in seven
INT: six troubles will deliver seven

Job 27:9
HEB: תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃ אִם־ עַל־
NAS: his cry When distress comes upon him?
KJV: his cry when trouble cometh
INT: comes and distress lo and

Psalm 9:9
HEB: מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃
NAS: A stronghold in times of trouble;
KJV: a refuge in times of trouble.
INT: A stronghold times of trouble

Psalm 10:1
HEB: תַּ֝עְלִ֗ים לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃
NAS: [Yourself] in times of trouble?
KJV: thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
INT: hide times adversary

Psalm 20:1
HEB: יְ֭הוָה בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה יְ֝שַׂגֶּבְךָ֗ שֵׁ֤ם ׀
NAS: you in the day of trouble! May the name
KJV: thee in the day of trouble; the name
INT: may the LORD the day of trouble set may the name

Psalm 22:11
HEB: מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־ צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־
NAS: Be not far from me, for trouble is near;
KJV: Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near;
INT: at for trouble is near For

Psalm 25:17
HEB: צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ
NAS: The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
KJV: The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
INT: the troubles of my heart are enlarged

Psalm 25:22
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ֝כֹּ֗ל צָֽרוֹתָיו׃
NAS: O God, Out of all his troubles.
KJV: O God, out of all his troubles.
INT: Israel of all his troubles

Psalm 31:7
HEB: עָנְיִ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ בְּצָר֥וֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: You have known the troubles of my soul,
KJV: my soul in adversities;
INT: my affliction have known the troubles of my soul

73 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6869
73 Occurrences


baṣ·ṣā·rāh — 3 Occ.
baṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
bə·ṣā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
haṣ·ṣā·rāh — 1 Occ.
haṣ·ṣā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·ṣā·rāh — 1 Occ.
miṣ·ṣā·rāh — 4 Occ.
miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū — 1 Occ.
miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
miṣ·ṣā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ṣā·rāh — 36 Occ.
ṣā·raṯ — 1 Occ.
ṣā·rā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
ṣā·rā·ṯām — 2 Occ.
ṣā·raṯ·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ṣā·rā·ṯî — 4 Occ.
ṣā·rō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
ṣā·rō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ṣā·rō·w·ṯāw — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ṣā·rāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ṣā·rāh — 2 Occ.
wə·ṣā·rō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
wə·ṣā·rō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
















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