Definition
or צָר; from H6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Traditional renderings: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Traditional renderings: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צַר:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
110 total
- Lamentations 2:4כְּצָ֔ר · Like a foeHe has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- Lamentations 2:17צָרָֽיִךְ׃ס · of your foesThe LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
- Lamentations 4:12צַ֣ר · an enemyThe kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 30:16צָרֵ֥י · distressI will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- Ezekiel 39:23צָרֵיהֶ֔ם · of their enemiesAnd the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
- Hosea 5:15בַּצַּ֥ר · in their afflictionThen I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Amos 3:11צַ֖ר · An enemyTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
- Micah 5:9צָרֶ֑יךָ · your foesYour hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- Nahum 1:2לְצָרָ֔יו · on His foesThe LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Zechariah 8:10הַצָּ֔ר · the enemyFor before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.