Quick Definition
to restrain
Strong's Definition
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [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).
TWOT Reference: 1675
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעְצֹור · עֹצֶר · עֶצֶר · עֲצָרָה
Non-Move | verb qal
to slow down, to stop = action by which someone slows down or stops moving forward entirely
Non-Move | verb qal, verb hif
to detain = causative action by which humans keep other humans from continuing their journey
Control | verb qal
to rule, to govern = action by which humans provide leadership for a group of people
Control | verb qal, verb nif
to arrest, to detain, to confine = causative action by which humans put other humans in a position by which they can no longer move at will
DEU 32:36 · 1SA 21:8 · 1KI 14:10 · 1KI 21:21 · 2KI 9:8 · 2KI 14:26 · 2KI 17:4 · 1CH 12:1 · NEH 6:10 · JER 20:9 · JER 33:1 · JER 36:5 · JER 39:15
Non-Engage | verb qal, verb nif
to withhold, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to close = causative action by which humans or deities keep people or objects from activities that they are normally involved in
GEN 16:2 · GEN 20:18 · GEN 20:18 · NUM 17:13 · NUM 17:15 · NUM 25:8 · DEU 11:17 · 1SA 21:6 · 2SA 24:21 · 2SA 24:25 · 1KI 8:35 · 1CH 21:22 · 2CH 6:26 · 2CH 7:13 · 2CH 14:10 · JOB 4:2 · JOB 12:15 · JOB 29:9 · PSA 106:30 · ISA 66:9
Strong | verb qal
Collocation: עצר כֹּחַ
to retain strength, to retain power = state in which humans have the strength or power they need to function well
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָצַר 46 vb. restrain, retain Qal restrain
(late) retain
Niph. be restrained, stayed
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