Strong's Hebrew #6887 - צָרַר tsarar (to bind)

adversary, be in affliction, besiege, bind up, be in, bring distress, narrower,

A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows) -- adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

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
1c2) to suffer distress
2) to show hostility toward, vex
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass
1a2) vexer, harasser (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1973, 1974

[צָרַר] verb denominative Hiph`il suffer distress (specifically of travail, compare Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 49:24); — Participle לֵב אִשָּׁה מְצֵרָה (in simile) Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 49:22.

II. צָרַר verb shew hostility toward, vex (Late Hebrew צַר foe; Arabic harm, damage, Sabean צֿר war, foe Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 60. 71} SabDenkm²⁴ CIS^{iv. 174, 1. 6} Hom^{Chrest. 125}; Ethiopic be hostile, in derived species and derivatives; Assyrian ƒarâru, be hostile, ƒarru, foe; Arabic , Assyrian ƒirritu, Syriac , all = rival-wife, so (? Hebrew influence) ᵑ7 צָרָא 1 Samuel 1:6; see especially Lag^{Deceased Wife's Sister, GGN. 1882, No. 13; = Mi. 125ff.} Dr^{1Samuel 1:6}); —

Qal Perfect3plural וְצָֽרֲרוּ Numbers 33:55 consecutive, suffix צְרָרוּנִי Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2; Imperfect3masculine singular יָצֹר Isaiah 11:13; Infinitive absolute צָרוֺר Numbers 25:17; Participle active צֹרֵר Numbers 10:9, plural suffix צֹרֲרי Psalm 31:12 +, etc.; — shew hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass, with accusative of person Isaiah 11:13; Numbers 10:9; Numbers 25:17; once with ל person Numbers 25:18; also participle as substantive (construct or with suffix) vexer, harasser, Amos 5:12; Isaiah 11:13; Exodus 23:22 (E), Psalm 6:8; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 7:7; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:12; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 74:4; Psalm 74:23; Psalm 143:12; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 9:10,24. — Leviticus 18:18 see [ צָרַר] below II. צָרָה, below

[צָרַר] verb denominative make a rival-wife; —

Qal Infinitive construct לִצְרֹר Leviticus 18:18 to make [her] a rival-wife (Lag^{GGN, 1882, 406} Dr-Wh^Lv Baen^{l. v}).

III. צרר (√ of following; compare Arabic be sharp (? denominative), , sharp-edged hard stone, Assyrian ƒurtu, apparently knife RJHarper^{BAS ii. 435}; Syriac rock, stone, flint).

Strong's Hebrew: 6887. צָרַר (tsarar) — 52 Occurrences

Exodus 12:34
HEB: יֶחְמָ֑ץ מִשְׁאֲרֹתָ֛ם צְרֻרֹ֥ת בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖ם עַל־
NAS: [with] their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes
KJV: their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes
INT: leavened their kneading bound the clothes on

Exodus 23:22
HEB: וְצַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־ צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: and an adversary to your adversaries.
KJV: unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
INT: will be an enemy and an adversary to your adversaries

Leviticus 18:18
HEB: לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח לִצְרֹ֗ר לְגַלּ֧וֹת עֶרְוָתָ֛הּ
NAS: to her sister as a rival while she is alive,
KJV: to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover
INT: shall not marry A rival to uncover her nakedness

Numbers 10:9
HEB: עַל־ הַצַּר֙ הַצֹּרֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֔ם וַהֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם
NAS: the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm
KJV: against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm
INT: against the adversary attacks shall sound the trumpets

Numbers 25:17
HEB: צָר֖וֹר אֶת־ הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים
NAS: Be hostile to the Midianites
KJV: Vex the Midianites, and smite
INT: be hostile to the Midianites and strike

Numbers 25:18
HEB: כִּ֣י צֹרְרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לָכֶ֔ם
NAS: for they have been hostile to you with their tricks,
KJV: For they vex you with their wiles,
INT: for have been like their tricks

Numbers 33:55
HEB: וְלִצְנִינִ֖ם בְּצִדֵּיכֶ֑ם וְצָרֲר֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם עַל־
NAS: in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land
KJV: in your sides, and shall vex you in the land
INT: thorns your sides will trouble in the land

Deuteronomy 14:25
HEB: וְנָתַתָּ֖ה בַּכָּ֑סֶף וְצַרְתָּ֤ הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔
INT: shall exchange money adversary the money your hand

Deuteronomy 28:52
HEB: וְהֵצַ֨ר לְךָ֜ בְּכָל־
NAS: It shall besiege you in all
KJV: And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates,
INT: shall besiege all your towns

Deuteronomy 28:52
HEB: בְּכָל־ אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וְהֵצַ֤ר לְךָ֙ בְּכָל־
NAS: your land, and it shall besiege you in all
KJV: throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates
INT: throughout your land shall besiege all your towns

Joshua 9:4
HEB: בָּלִ֔ים וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים וּמְצֹרָרִֽים׃
NAS: worn-out and torn and mended,
KJV: old, and rent, and bound up;
INT: worn-out and torn and mended

1 Samuel 25:29
HEB: נֶ֨פֶשׁ אֲדֹנִ֜י צְרוּרָ֣ה ׀ בִּצְר֣וֹר הַחַיִּ֗ים
NAS: of my lord shall be bound in the bundle
KJV: of my lord shall be bound in the bundle
INT: the life of my lord shall be bound the bundle of the living

1 Samuel 28:15
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁ֠אוּל צַר־ לִ֨י מְאֹ֜ד
NAS: I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines
KJV: I am sore distressed; for the Philistines
INT: said and Saul distressed I am greatly the Philistines

2 Samuel 1:26
HEB: צַר־ לִ֣י עָלֶ֗יךָ
NAS: I am distressed for you, my brother
KJV: I am distressed for thee, my brother
INT: I am distressed and my brother

2 Samuel 20:3
HEB: בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־ י֥וֹם
NAS: but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until
KJV: them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day
INT: go become were shut until the day

1 Kings 8:37
HEB: יִהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר־ ל֛וֹ אֹיְב֖וֹ
NAS: their enemy besieges them in the land
KJV: if their enemy besiege them in the land
INT: become if besieges their enemy the land

2 Kings 5:23
HEB: וַיִּפְרָץ־ בּ֗וֹ וַיָּצַר֩ כִּכְּרַ֨יִם כֶּ֜סֶף
INT: talents urged adversary talents of silver

2 Chronicles 28:22
HEB: וּבְעֵת֙ הָצֵ֣ר ל֔וֹ וַיּ֖וֹסֶף
NAS: Now in the time of his distress this same
KJV: And in the time of his distress did he trespass
INT: the time of his distress yet became

2 Chronicles 33:12
HEB: וּכְהָצֵ֣ר ל֔וֹ חִלָּ֕ה
NAS: When he was in distress, he entreated
KJV: And when he was in affliction, he besought
INT: distress entreated before

Esther 3:10
HEB: הַמְּדָ֛תָא הָאֲגָגִ֖י צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
NAS: the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
KJV: the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
INT: of Hammedatha the Agagite the enemy of the Jews

Esther 8:1
HEB: בֵּ֥ית הָמָ֖ן צֹרֵ֣ר [הַיְּהוּדִיִּים כ]
NAS: of Haman, the enemy of the Jews,
KJV: the Jews' enemy unto Esther
INT: the house of Haman the enemy Jew and Mordecai

Esther 9:10
HEB: בֶּֽן־ הַמְּדָ֛תָא צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים הָרָ֑גוּ
NAS: the Jews' enemy; but they did not lay
KJV: of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
INT: the son of Hammedatha enemy the Jews' slew

Esther 9:24
HEB: הַמְּדָ֜תָא הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י צֹרֵר֙ כָּל־ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים
NAS: the Agagite, the adversary of all
KJV: the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews,
INT: of Hammedatha the Agagite the adversary of all the Jews

Job 26:8
HEB: צֹרֵֽר־ מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו
NAS: He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
KJV: He bindeth up the waters
INT: wraps the waters his clouds

Psalm 6:7
HEB: עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־ צוֹרְרָֽי׃
NAS: because of all my adversaries.
KJV: it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
INT: has become of all my adversaries

Psalm 7:4
HEB: רָ֑ע וָאֲחַלְּצָ֖ה צוֹרְרִ֣י רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: him who without cause was my adversary,
KJV: him that without cause is mine enemy:)
INT: evil have plundered was my adversary without

Psalm 7:6
HEB: הִ֭נָּשֵׂא בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י וְע֥וּרָה אֵ֝לַ֗י
NAS: up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse
KJV: thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake
INT: Lift the rage of my adversaries and arouse God

Psalm 8:2
HEB: עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב
NAS: Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy
KJV: strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still
INT: strength Because of your adversaries cease the enemy

Psalm 10:5
HEB: מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹ כָּל־ צ֝וֹרְרָ֗יו יָפִ֥יחַ בָּהֶֽם׃
NAS: As for all his adversaries, he snorts
KJV: [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth
INT: of his sight for all his adversaries snorts

Psalm 23:5
HEB: שֻׁלְחָ֗ן נֶ֥גֶד צֹרְרָ֑י דִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּ בַשֶּׁ֥מֶן
NAS: me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed
KJV: before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest
INT: A table the presence of my enemies have anointed oil

Psalm 31:9
HEB: יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־ לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה
NAS: to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; My eye
KJV: upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye
INT: LORD I am in distress is wasted grief

Psalm 31:11
HEB: מִכָּל־ צֹרְרַ֨י הָיִ֪יתִי חֶרְפָּ֡ה
NAS: of all my adversaries, I have become
KJV: I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially
INT: of all my adversaries have become A reproach

Psalm 42:10
HEB: בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י
NAS: of my bones, my adversaries revile
KJV: in my bones, mine enemies reproach
INT: of my bones revile my adversaries say to me

Psalm 69:17
HEB: מֵֽעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־ צַר־ לִ֝֗י מַהֵ֥ר
NAS: from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer
KJV: from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear
INT: your servant I am in distress quickly answer

Psalm 69:19
HEB: נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗ כָּל־ צוֹרְרָֽי׃
NAS: All my adversaries are before
KJV: and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
INT: are before All my adversaries

Psalm 74:4
HEB: שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ
NAS: Your adversaries have roared
KJV: Thine enemies roar in the midst
INT: have roared your adversaries the midst of your meeting

Psalm 74:23
HEB: תִּ֭שְׁכַּח ק֣וֹל צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁא֥וֹן קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ
NAS: the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar
KJV: not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult
INT: forget the voice of your adversaries the uproar rise

Psalm 129:1
HEB: הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־
NAS: A Song of Ascents. Many times they have persecuted me from my youth
KJV: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
INT: of degrees A time have persecuted my youth say

Psalm 129:2
HEB: רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם
NAS: Many times they have persecuted me from my youth
KJV: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:
INT: Many have persecuted my youth Yet

Psalm 143:12
HEB: וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־ צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י
NAS: all those who afflict my soul,
KJV: and destroy all them that afflict my soul:
INT: and destroy all afflict my soul for

Proverbs 26:8
HEB: כִּצְר֣וֹר אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה
NAS: Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
INT: binds A stone A sling

Proverbs 30:4
HEB: בְּחָפְנָ֡יו מִ֤י צָֽרַר־ מַ֨יִם ׀ בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗ה
NAS: Who has wrapped the waters
KJV: in his fists? who hath bound the waters
INT: fists Who has wrapped the waters apparel

Isaiah 8:16
HEB: צ֖וֹר תְּעוּדָ֑ה חֲת֥וֹם
NAS: Bind up the testimony, seal
KJV: Bind up the testimony, seal
INT: Bind the testimony seal

Isaiah 11:13
HEB: וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה לֹֽא־ יָצֹ֥ר אֶת־ אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: will depart, And those who harass Judah
KJV: shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah
INT: and Judah not harass Ephraim

Isaiah 28:20
HEB: מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה צָ֖רָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃
NAS: out, And the blanket is too small to wrap
KJV: himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap
INT: to stretch and the blanket small to wrap

Jeremiah 10:18
HEB: בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֑את וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי לָהֶ֖ם לְמַ֥עַן
NAS: time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found.
KJV: at this once, and will distress them, that they may find
INT: time likewise and will cause like because of

Jeremiah 48:41
HEB: כְּלֵ֖ב אִשָּׁ֥ה מְצֵרָֽה׃
NAS: of a woman in labor.
KJV: of a woman in her pangs.
INT: the heart of a woman labor

Jeremiah 49:22
HEB: כְּלֵ֖ב אִשָּׁ֥ה מְצֵרָֽה׃ ס
NAS: of a woman in labor.
KJV: of a woman in her pangs.
INT: the heart of a woman labor

Hosea 4:19
HEB: צָרַ֥ר ר֛וּחַ אוֹתָ֖הּ
NAS: The wind wraps them in its wings,
KJV: The wind hath bound her up in her wings,
INT: wraps the wind wings

Hosea 13:12
HEB: צָרוּר֙ עֲוֹ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם
NAS: of Ephraim is bound up; His sin
KJV: of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin
INT: is bound the iniquity of Ephraim

Amos 5:12
HEB: וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים חַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑ם צֹרְרֵ֤י צַדִּיק֙ לֹ֣קְחֵי
NAS: are great, [You] who distress the righteous
KJV: sins: they afflict the just,
INT: are great and your sins distress the righteous accept

Zephaniah 1:17
HEB: וַהֲצֵרֹ֣תִי לָאָדָ֗ם וְהָֽלְכוּ֙
NAS: I will bring distress on men
KJV: And I will bring distress upon men,
INT: will bring men will walk