◄ 6862. tsar ►
Strong's Lexicon tsar: Adversary, enemy, distress, trouble Original Word: צַר Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: tsar Pronunciation: tsar Phonetic Spelling: (tsar) Definition: narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent Meaning: The term צַר (tsar) primarily denotes a sense of narrowness or being in a tight place. It can also refer to a pebble, which is small and constricting, or metaphorically to an opponent or adversary, indicating someone who causes distress or pressure. Word Origin: Derived from the root verb צָרַר (tsarar), which means "to bind, be narrow, be in distress." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G318 (anagkē): Necessity, distress, or compulsion. • G972 (bebaioō): To confirm, establish, or make firm. • G1228 (diabolos): Slanderer, accuser, or adversary. • G1587 (ektribō): To rub out, destroy, or obliterate. • G2190 (echthros): Enemy or foe. • G2346 (thlibō): To press, afflict, or trouble. • G2347 (thlipsis): Tribulation, distress, or affliction. • G2556 (kakos): Bad, evil, or harmful. • G4728 (stenochōria): Narrowness, distress, or difficulty. • G4731 (stereos): Firm, solid, or steadfast. • G5227 (hupenantios): Opposed, contrary, or adversarial. This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew word צַר (tsar), highlighting its various uses and meanings within the biblical text, as well as its Greek counterparts that convey similar concepts of distress, opposition, and narrowness. Usage: The word צַר (tsar) is used in various contexts in the Hebrew Bible, often to describe physical or metaphorical situations of distress, adversity, or opposition. It can refer to literal narrow places or to adversaries who create difficult circumstances. Context: • Narrowness and Distress: The term is frequently used to describe situations of distress or trouble, often in a metaphorical sense. For example, in Psalm 4:1, the psalmist calls out to God for relief from distress: "Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer." • Adversary or Opponent: צַר (tsar) is also used to denote an adversary or enemy, someone who opposes or causes trouble. In 1 Samuel 2:32, it is used to describe adversaries: "You will see distress in My dwelling, despite all the good I do for Israel. And no one in your house will ever again reach old age." • Physical Narrowness: The word can also describe physical narrowness or constriction, as seen in passages that speak of narrow paths or tight places. • Symbolic Use: The term is often used symbolically to represent spiritual or emotional struggles, reflecting the broader theme of seeking divine assistance in times of trouble. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. צַר adjective narrow, tight; — absolute ׳צ 2 Kings 6:1 +; צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26 +; feminine צָרָה Proverbs 23:27; — narrow, מָקוֺם צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26, צַר מִמֶּנּוּ 2 Kings 6:1 too narrow for us, compare צַרלִֿי הַמָּקוֺם Isaiah 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); בְּאֵר צָרָה Proverbs 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; "" שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה); כַּנָּהָר צָר Isaiah 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (simile of ׳י; Klo נְהַר מָצוֺר, CheHpt מִצֹּר ׳נ, both 'of Egypt'); סָגוּר חוֺתָם צָ֑ר Job 41:7 (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (ᵐ5 Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du חוֺתַם צֹר with seal of flint, but why specify material?); בְּיוֺם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה 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; Psalm 108:13 צַראוּמָצוֺק Psalm 119:143; ׳עֵתצֿ Job 38:23, compare בַּצַּר Isaiah 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר Psalm 4:2; רֿוּחִי׳צ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit; לֶחֶם צַר Isaiah 30:20; לֹא צָֹר Isaiah 63:9 usually he (׳י) had distress (reading לוֺ Qr), but ᵐ5 οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt and others לֹא צִר, 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 בְּיוֺם צַר(ֿ)לִי Psalm 59:17; Psalm 102:3; בַּצַּר לְךָ Deuteronomy 4:30 (probably originally meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר [infinitive], Dr; so) בַּצַּרלֿוֺ Isaiah 25:4; 2Chronicles 15:4, בַּצַּר לָהֶם Hosea 5:15; Psalm 107:6; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 107:28, also (after רָאָה) Psalm 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), Numbers 24:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:27; Deuteronomy 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 (אִישׁ צַר וְאוֺיֵב), + 21 t., + Psalm 3:2; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 78:42, + 13 t. Psalms, + (of ׳יs foes) Psalm 78:66; Psalm 97:3; + (of ׳י's foes) also Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 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). Strong's Exhaustive 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 Forms and Transliterations בְּצַ֣ר בְצָרָֽיו׃ בַּ֭צָּר בַּצַּ֣ר בַּצַּ֥ר בַּצַּר־ בצר בצר־ בצריו׃ הַצַּר֙ הַצָּ֔ר הַצָּ֛ר הצר וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם וְצָרָ֑י וְצֹרְרֵ֥י וצרי וצריהם וצררי כְּצָ֔ר כְצָרָֽיו׃ כַּצַּ֣ר כצר כצריו׃ לְצָרֵֽינוּ׃ לְצָרֶ֑יךָ לְצָרַ֗י לְצָרָ֔י לְצָרָ֔יו לצרי לצריו לצריך לצרינו׃ מִצַּ֪ר מִצָּ֑ר מִצָּרֵ֑ינוּ מִצָּרַ֔י מִצָּרָ֔יו מִצָּרָ֖יו מִצָּרָֽיו׃ מצר מצרי מצריו מצריו׃ מצרינו צַ֖ר צַ֣ר צַ֥ר צַ֫ר צַר־ צָ֑ר צָ֔ר צָ֖ר צָ֗ר צָ֝רֵיהֶ֗ם צָ֝רָ֗ה צָֽרֵיהֶ֔ם צָֽר׃ צָרִ֓י ׀ צָרִ֔ים צָרֵ֑ימוֹ צָרֵ֕ינוּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ צָרֵ֣ינוּ צָרֵ֥י צָרֵֽינוּ׃ צָרֵיהֶ֑ם צָרֵיהֶ֔ם צָרֵיהֶֽם׃ צָרֶ֑יךָ צָרֶ֖יךָ צָרֶ֜יךָ צָרֶ֤יהָ צָרֶ֥יךָ צָרֶיךָ֮ צָרַ֣י צָרַ֥י צָרַ֥יִךְ צָרָ֑י צָרָ֑יו צָרָ֗יו צָרָ֥יו צָרָֽיִךְ׃ צָרָֽי׃ צָרָֽיו׃ צר צר־ צר׃ צרה צרי צרי׃ צריה צריהם צריהם׃ צריו צריו׃ צריך צריך׃ צרים צרימו צרינו צרינו׃ baṣ·ṣar baṣ·ṣār baṣ·ṣar- baṣṣar baṣṣār baṣṣar- batzTzar Batztzor ḇə·ṣā·rāw bə·ṣar bəṣar ḇəṣārāw beTzar chetzaRav haṣ·ṣar haṣ·ṣār haṣṣar haṣṣār hatzTzar kaṣ·ṣar kaṣṣar katzTzar ḵə·ṣā·rāw kə·ṣār kəṣār ḵəṣārāw keTzar lə·ṣā·rāw lə·ṣā·ray lə·ṣā·rāy lə·ṣā·re·ḵā lə·ṣā·rê·nū ləṣārāw ləṣāray ləṣārāy ləṣāreḵā ləṣārênū letzaRai letzaRav letzaReicha letzaReinu miṣ·ṣā·rāw miṣ·ṣā·ray miṣ·ṣā·rê·nū miṣ·ṣar miṣ·ṣār miṣṣar miṣṣār miṣṣārāw miṣṣāray miṣṣārênū mitzTzar mitztzaRai mitztzaRav mitztzaReinu ṣā·ra·yiḵ ṣā·rā·yiḵ ṣā·rāh ṣā·rāw ṣā·ray ṣā·rāy ṣā·rê ṣā·re·hā ṣā·rê·hem ṣā·re·ḵā ṣā·rê·mōw ṣā·rê·nū ṣā·rî ṣā·rîm ṣar ṣār ṣar- ṣārāh ṣārāw ṣāray ṣārāy ṣārayiḵ ṣārāyiḵ ṣārê ṣārehā ṣārêhem ṣāreḵā ṣārêmōw ṣārênū ṣārî ṣārîm Tzar tzaRah tzaRai tzaRav tzaRayich tzaRei tzaReicha tzaReiha tzareiHem tzaReimov tzaReinu tzaRi tzaRim vetzaRai vetzaRav vetzareiHem vetzoreRei wə·ṣā·rāy wə·ṣā·rê·hem wə·ṣō·rə·rê wəṣārāy wəṣārêhem wəṣōrərê Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Genesis 14:20 HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ NAS: has delivered your enemies into your hand. KJV: which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. INT: Who has delivered your enemies your hand gave Numbers 10:9 HEB: בְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם עַל־ הַצַּר֙ הַצֹּרֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֔ם NAS: against the adversary who attacks KJV: in your land against the enemy that oppresseth INT: your land against the adversary attacks shall sound Numbers 22:26 HEB: וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ בְּמָק֣וֹם צָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵֽין־ NAS: and stood in a narrow place KJV: and stood in a narrow place, INT: and stood place A narrow where there Numbers 24:8 HEB: יֹאכַ֞ל גּוֹיִ֣ם צָרָ֗יו וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם יְגָרֵ֖ם NAS: the nations [who are] his adversaries, And will crush KJV: the nations his enemies, and shall break INT: will devour the nations his adversaries their bones and will crush Deuteronomy 4:30 HEB: בַּצַּ֣ר לְךָ֔ וּמְצָא֕וּךָ NAS: When you are in distress and all KJV: When thou art in tribulation, and all these things INT: distress have come and all Deuteronomy 32:27 HEB: פֶּֽן־ יְנַכְּר֖וּ צָרֵ֑ימוֹ פֶּן־ יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ NAS: by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, KJV: of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, INT: lest strangely their adversaries would say Deuteronomy 32:41 HEB: אָשִׁ֤יב נָקָם֙ לְצָרָ֔י וְלִמְשַׂנְאַ֖י אֲשַׁלֵּֽם׃ NAS: vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay KJV: vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward INT: will render vengeance my adversaries hate will repay Deuteronomy 32:43 HEB: וְנָקָם֙ יָשִׁ֣יב לְצָרָ֔יו וְכִפֶּ֥ר אַדְמָת֖וֹ NAS: vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone KJV: vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful INT: vengeance and will render his adversaries and will atone his land Deuteronomy 33:7 HEB: ל֔וֹ וְעֵ֥זֶר מִצָּרָ֖יו תִּהְיֶֽה׃ ס NAS: against his adversaries. KJV: for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies. INT: be sufficient help his adversaries become Joshua 5:13 HEB: אַתָּ֖ה אִם־ לְצָרֵֽינוּ׃ NAS: to him, Are you for us or for our adversaries? KJV: unto him, and said unto him, [Art] thou for us, or for our adversaries? INT: us or adversary Judges 11:7 HEB: עַ֔תָּה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צַ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃ INT: now after adversary 1 Samuel 2:32 HEB: וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ צַ֣ר מָע֔וֹן בְּכֹ֥ל NAS: You will see the distress of [My] dwelling, KJV: And thou shalt see an enemy [in my] habitation, INT: will see the distress of dwelling all 1 Samuel 13:6 HEB: רָאוּ֙ כִּ֣י צַר־ ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י NAS: saw that they were in a strait (for the people INT: saw for A strait for were distressed 2 Samuel 22:7 HEB: בַּצַּר־ לִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א NAS: In my distress I called KJV: In my distress I called upon the LORD, INT: my distress called the LORD 2 Samuel 24:13 HEB: נֻסְךָ֨ לִפְנֵֽי־ צָרֶ֜יךָ וְה֣וּא רֹדְפֶ֗ךָ NAS: before your foes while they pursue KJV: before thine enemies, while they pursue INT: flee before your foes they pursue 2 Samuel 24:14 HEB: אֶל־ גָּ֖ד צַר־ לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד INT: to Gad adversary great fall 2 Kings 6:1 HEB: שָׁ֛ם לְפָנֶ֖יךָ צַ֥ר מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ NAS: we are living is too limited for us. KJV: where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. INT: in it before limited is too 1 Chronicles 12:18 HEB: וְאִֽם־ לְרַמּוֹתַ֣נִי לְצָרַ֗י בְּלֹ֤א חָמָס֙ INT: lo beguile adversary not cruel 1 Chronicles 21:12 HEB: נִסְפֶּ֥ה מִפְּנֵי־ צָרֶיךָ֮ וְחֶ֣רֶב אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ ׀ NAS: before your foes, while the sword KJV: before thy foes, while that the sword INT: to be swept before your foes the sword enemies 1 Chronicles 21:13 HEB: אֶל־ גָּ֖ד צַר־ לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד INT: to Gad adversary great fall 2 Chronicles 15:4 HEB: וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ ל֔וֹ עַל־ NAS: But in their distress they turned KJV: But when they in their trouble did turn INT: turned their distress unto the LORD Ezra 4:1 HEB: וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ צָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן NAS: Now when the enemies of Judah KJV: Now when the adversaries of Judah INT: heard the enemies of Judah and Benjamin Nehemiah 4:11 HEB: וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ NAS: Our enemies said, They will not know KJV: And our adversaries said, INT: said our enemies They will not know Nehemiah 9:27 HEB: וַֽתִּתְּנֵם֙ בְּיַ֣ד צָֽרֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּצֵ֖רוּ לָהֶ֑ם NAS: them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed KJV: them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed INT: delivered the hand of their oppressors be distressed the time Nehemiah 9:27 HEB: וְיוֹשִׁיע֖וּם מִיַּ֥ד צָרֵיהֶֽם׃ NAS: them from the hand of their oppressors. KJV: them out of the hand of their enemies. INT: delivered the hand of their oppressors 111 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 6862 111 Occurrences baṣ·ṣar — 13 Occ. baṣ·ṣār — 1 Occ. bə·ṣar — 1 Occ. ḵə·ṣā·rāw — 1 Occ. haṣ·ṣar — 3 Occ. kaṣ·ṣar — 1 Occ. kə·ṣār — 1 Occ. lə·ṣā·rāy — 2 Occ. lə·ṣā·rāw — 3 Occ. lə·ṣā·re·ḵā — 1 Occ. lə·ṣā·rê·nū — 1 Occ. miṣ·ṣar — 3 Occ. miṣ·ṣā·ray — 1 Occ. miṣ·ṣā·rāw — 3 Occ. miṣ·ṣā·rê·nū — 2 Occ. ṣār — 33 Occ. ṣā·rāh — 1 Occ. ṣā·rāy — 5 Occ. ṣā·rāw — 6 Occ. ṣā·ra·yiḵ — 2 Occ. ṣā·rê — 4 Occ. ṣā·re·ḵā — 5 Occ. ṣā·re·hā — 1 Occ. ṣā·rê·hem — 5 Occ. ṣā·rê·mōw — 1 Occ. ṣā·rê·nū — 5 Occ. ṣā·rî — 1 Occ. ṣā·rîm — 1 Occ. wə·ṣā·rāy — 1 Occ. ḇə·ṣā·rāw — 1 Occ. wə·ṣā·rê·hem — 1 Occ. wə·ṣō·rə·rê — 1 Occ.