עָצַר (a.tsar) means “to restrain” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-tsar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָצַר · a.tsar · to restrain
1) to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to restrain, halt, stop 1a2) to retain 1b) (Niphal) to be restrained, be stayed, be under restraint
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a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
KJV glosses: [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| both slave | 4 |
| was halted | 3 |
| are shut | 2 |
| confined | 2 |
| may be halted | 2 |
| am restricted | 1 |
| and i have | 1 |
| and were unable | 1 |
| arrested hoshea | 1 |
| been kept | 1 |
| close the womb | 1 |
| detained | 1 |
| had been halted | 1 |
| had completely closed | 1 |
| has prevented me | 1 |
| he holds back | 1 |
| he was still banished | 1 |
| he will shut | 1 |
| i close | 1 |
| i stay | 1 |
| is able | 1 |
| keep | 1 |
| prevail | 1 |
| recover | 1 |
| refrained | 1 |
| retain | 1 |
| shall rule | 1 |
| shut up | 1 |
| slave | 1 |
| slow | 1 |
| stay here | 1 |
| stops you | 1 |
| was confined | 1 |
| was restrained | 1 |
| we should be able | 1 |
| with | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| was stayed | 5 |
| shut up | 4 |
| and him that is shut up | 2 |
| is shut up | 2 |
| may be stayed | 2 |
| against you and he shut up | 1 |
| and i retained | 1 |
| and shut | 1 |
| any shut up | 1 |
| behold he withholdeth | 1 |
| but she shall not retain | 1 |
| but who is able | 1 |
| closed up | 1 |
| detained | 1 |
| had fast | 1 |
| hath restrained me | 1 |
| him that is shut up | 1 |
| i pray thee let us detain | 1 |
| i shut up | 1 |
| kept | 1 |
| prevail | 1 |
| recover | 1 |
| refrained | 1 |
| shut him up | 1 |
| slack | 1 |
| stop | 1 |
| that they were not able | 1 |
| that we should be | 1 |
| though thou detain | 1 |
| time while he was yet shut up | 1 |
| to keep | 1 |
| to thee of this same shall reign | 1 |
| upon me and i have retained | 1 |
| while he was shut up | 1 |
| while he yet kept himself close | 1 |
| withhold | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 45 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Read word by wordfor on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Read word by wordHe stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.13
Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.15
followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
Read word by wordor the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
Read word by wordFor the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
Read word by word“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
Read word by wordAnd the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
Read word by wordWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
Read word by wordDavid answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.6
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.8
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
Read word by wordAnd there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
Read word by wordWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
Read word by wordBecause of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
Read word by wordOn the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
Read word by wordThen she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
Read word by wordThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
Read word by wordFor the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
Read word by wordBut the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
Read word by wordNow these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
Read word by wordThen David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
Read word by wordBut who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Read word by wordBut who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.5
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
Read word by wordIf I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
Read word by wordJeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
Read word by wordThen Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.10
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.
Read word by wordThen Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
Read word by wordLater, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
Read word by word“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Read word by wordIf He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Read word by wordThe princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Read word by wordBut Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Read word by wordShall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
Read word by wordIf I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Read word by wordWhile Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
Read word by wordAnd while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
Read word by wordSo I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
Read word by wordAnd suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
Read word by wordAfter some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
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