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H6869 צָרָה (tsârâh) tsaw-raw'

Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

Derivation: feminine of H6862 (צַר);

KJV Usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

TWOT Reference: 1973c,1974b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) straits, distress, trouble
2) vexer, rival wife

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בַּצָּרָה (bats.tsa.rah) — dearth. death, destitution

צָרָה (tsa.rah) — distress. straits, distress, trouble

צָרָה (tsa.rah) — vexer. vexer, rival wife

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · צרר

Unsafe

trouble, distress, anguish = a process by which humans go through extremely difficult circumstances, resulting in severe anxiety, ◄ as if one were confined to a narrow and cramped space from which there is no escape

GEN 35:3 · GEN 42:21 · GEN 42:21 · DEU 31:17 · DEU 31:21 · JDG 10:14 · 1SA 10:19 · 1SA 26:24 · 2SA 4:9 · 1KI 1:29 · 2KI 19:3 · 2CH 15:6 · 2CH 20:9 · NEH 9:27 · NEH 9:37 · JOB 5:19 · JOB 27:9 · PSA 20:2 · PSA 22:12 · PSA 25:17 · PSA 25:22 · PSA 31:8 · PSA 34:7 · PSA 34:18 · PSA 37:39 · PSA 46:2 · PSA 50:15 · PSA 54:9 · PSA 71:20 · PSA 77:3 · PSA 78:49 · PSA 81:8 · PSA 86:7 · PSA 91:15 · PSA 116:3 · PSA 120:1 · PSA 138:7 · PSA 142:3 · PSA 143:11 · PRO 1:27 · PRO 11:8 · PRO 12:13 · PRO 17:17 · PRO 21:23 · PRO 24:10 · PRO 25:19 · ISA 8:22 · ISA 30:6 · ISA 33:2 · ISA 37:3 · ISA 46:7 · ISA 63:9 · ISA 65:16 · JER 4:31 · JER 6:24 · JER 14:8 · JER 15:11 · JER 16:19 · JER 30:7 · JER 49:24 · JER 50:43 · DAN 12:1 · OBA 1:12 · OBA 1:14 · JON 2:3 · NAM 1:7 · NAM 1:9 · HAB 3:16 · ZEP 1:15 · ZEC 10:11

noun f · צרר

Relatives

rival-wife = woman who shares a husband with another woman; ► which can be a source of trouble and contention

1SA 1:6

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בַּצָּרָה n.f. dearth, destitution base

צָרָה 72 n.f. id. [r.dz.ac] straits, distress base

[צָרָה] n.f. vexer, rival-wife;—sf. 1 S 1:6. ref

Bible Occurrences (72)

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