TBESH · H6887A
צָרַר · tsa.rar · to confine
to confine, besiege Another spelling of tsur (צוּר "to confine" H6696A)
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tsa.rar H6887
צָרַר (tsa.rar) means “to confine” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
צָרַר Hebrew · H6887 54 tagged occurrences in 52 verses
Pronunciation guide: tsaw-rar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H6887B
צָרַר · tsa.rar · to constrain
1) to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, tie up, shut up 1a2) to be scant, be cramped, be in straits 1b) (Pual) to be bound, be tied up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon
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TBESH · H6887C
צָרַר · tsa.rar · to distress
to suffer distress
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TBESH · H6887D
צָרַר · tsa.rar · to vex
to show hostility toward, vex
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TBESH · H6887E
צָרַר · tsa.rar · to rival
to make a rival-wife
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
KJV glosses: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
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How translators render H6887
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 |
|---|---|
| the enemy | 4 |
| my enemies | 3 |
| i am in distress | 2 |
| in labor | 2 |
| they have persecuted me | 2 |
| they will besiege | 2 |
| and bring distress | 1 |
| and in his distress | 1 |
| and mended | 1 |
| as a rival wife | 1 |
| assailed | 1 |
| attack | 1 |
| besieges | 1 |
| bind up | 1 |
| bound securely | 1 |
| but afflicted | 1 |
| confined | 1 |
| distressed | 1 |
| harass | 1 |
| has bound up | 1 |
| has wrapped | 1 |
| he wraps up | 1 |
| his foes | 1 |
| i grieve | 1 |
| i will bring such distress | 1 |
| is bound up | 1 |
| like binding | 1 |
| my adversaries | 1 |
| my foe | 1 |
| my foes | 1 |
| of distress | 1 |
| of his distress | 1 |
| of my enemies | 1 |
| of trouble | 1 |
| of your adversaries | 1 |
| they will harass | 1 |
| to your foes | 1 |
| too small | 1 |
| who afflict | 1 |
| who attacks | 1 |
| wrapped | 1 |
| you oppress | 1 |
| your adversaries | 1 |
| your foes | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and he shall besiege | 2 |
| besiege | 2 |
| enemy | 2 |
| for i am in trouble | 2 |
| have they afflicted | 2 |
| in her pangs | 2 |
| strait | 2 |
| the enemy | 2 |
| all his enemies | 1 |
| all them that afflict | 1 |
| among all mine enemies | 1 |
| and an adversary | 1 |
| and bound up | 1 |
| and i will bring distress | 1 |
| and shall vex | 1 |
| and the adversaries | 1 |
| and when he was in affliction | 1 |
| and will distress | 1 |
| as he that bindeth | 1 |
| because of all mine enemies | 1 |
| because of thine enemies | 1 |
| being bound up | 1 |
| bind up | 1 |
| bound up | 1 |
| distressed | 1 |
| for they vex | 1 |
| hath bound her up | 1 |
| he bindeth up | 1 |
| i am distressed | 1 |
| in distress | 1 |
| is mine enemy | 1 |
| me in the presence of mine enemies | 1 |
| mine adversaries | 1 |
| mine enemies | 1 |
| narrower | 1 |
| of his distress | 1 |
| of mine enemies | 1 |
| of thine enemies | 1 |
| shall be bound | 1 |
| shall not vex | 1 |
| that they were in a strait | 1 |
| the enemy that oppresseth | 1 |
| they afflict | 1 |
| thine enemies | 1 |
| to vex | 1 |
| unto me now when ye are in distress | 1 |
| unto them so they were shut up | 1 |
| vex | 1 |
| who hath bound | 1 |
| who vexed | 1 |
Verses containing H6887
Page 1 of 2. 52 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 12:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
Read word by word - Numbers 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 25:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
Read word by word - Numbers 25:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
Read word by word - Numbers 33:55
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:52
· BSB · 2 occurrences
They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
Read word by word - Joshua 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 25:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 28:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 1:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 20:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 8:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 28:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 28:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 33:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Read word by word - Esther 3:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Read word by word - Esther 8:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
Read word by word - Esther 9:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read word by word - Esther 9:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by word - Job 26:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Read word by word - Psalms 6:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.8
- Psalms 7:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.5
- Psalms 7:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.7
- Psalms 8:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.3
- Psalms 10:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
Read word by word - Psalms 23:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Read word by word - Psalms 31:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.10
- Psalms 31:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.12
- Psalms 42:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.11
- Psalms 59:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.17
- Psalms 69:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.18
- Psalms 69:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.20
- Psalms 74:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
Read word by word - Psalms 74:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Read word by word - Psalms 102:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.3
- Psalms 129:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
Read word by word - Psalms 129:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Read word by word - Psalms 143:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Read word by word - Proverbs 26:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
Read word by word - Isaiah 8:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
Read word by word - Isaiah 11:13
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Read word by word - Hosea 4:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
Read word by word - Hosea 13:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
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