יָצַר yatsar

Hebrew word for “be distressed” · Strong’s H3334 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yatsar in context, with how often each is used:

• distress 5
• caused distress 1
• restricted 1
• will be distress 1
• anyone will hinder 1
• will be too cramped 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 32 (1), Judges 2 (1), Judges 10 (1), 1 Samuel 30 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Job 18 (1), Job 20 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Isaiah 49 (1)

Forms

• ויצר 3
• ותצר 2
• יצר 2
• ויצרו 1
• יצרו 1
• תצרי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yatsar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מְאֹד meod “much” 4
• צַעַד tsaad “step” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 2

Key verses

The verses using yatsar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
• Judges 2:15 — Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly…
• Judges 10:9 — Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore…
• 1 Samuel 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his…
• 2 Samuel 13:2 — And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
• Nehemiah 9:27 — Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them…
• Job 18:7 — The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
• Job 20:22 — In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
• Proverbs 4:12 — When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
• Isaiah 49:19 — For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.