צַר tsar

Hebrew word for “enemy” · Strong’s H6862 · used 109 times in 106 verses

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Meaning

adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

Senses in the lexicon

• enemy (69)
• distress (31)
• narrow (8)
• hard (1)

How it is translated

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

• opponents 37
• distress 18
• opponent 14
• foes 10
• when it was distress 10
• narrow 4
• foe 3
• when it is distress 2
• like foes 1
• enemy 1
• more than foes 1
• will be opponents 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 107 (5), Lamentations 1 (5), Deuteronomy 32 (3), Psalms 44 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Psalms 119 (3), 2 Samuel 24 (2), 1 Chronicles 21 (2), Esther 7 (2), Job 36 (2)

Forms

• צר 31
• בצר 16
• צרי 10
• צריך 7
• צריו 6
• צרינו 5
• צריהם 5
• הצר 3
• לצריו 3
• מצריו 3

Words used with it

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

• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 18
• נִי ni “me” 14
• הֶם hem “them” 14
• מְצוּקָה metsuqah “distress” 5
• רָאָה raah “to see” 12
• בּוּס bus “to trample” 4
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 9
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 6
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 9
• נָקַם naqam “to avenge” 4
• שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 5
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 6

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
• Deuteronomy 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto…
• Psalms 4:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy…
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the…
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• Isaiah 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the…
• Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
• Jeremiah 30:16 — Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be…
• Lamentations 1:5 — Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into…
• Lamentations 1:10 — The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command…
• Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Nahum 1:2 — God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his…

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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.