צָרַר tsarar

Hebrew word for “to vex” · Strong’s H6887 · used 54 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

to show hostility toward, vex

Senses in the lexicon

• to vex (26)
• to constrain (23)
• to distress (4)
• to rival (1)

How it is translated

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

• opposers 14
• opposer 5
• distress 4
• bound up 3
• will lay siege 3
• people have opposed 2
• harassed 2
• will cause distress 2
• when it is distress 2
• labor 2
• who opposes 1
• oppose 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 25 (2), 2 Chronicles 28 (2), Esther 9 (2), Psalms 7 (2), Psalms 31 (2), Psalms 69 (2), Psalms 74 (2), Psalms 129 (2), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 23 (1)

Forms

• צרר 7
• צר 6
• צוררי 5
• צררי 4
• צרריך 3
• צרור 2
• צררוני 2
• יצר 2
• והצר 2
• מצרה 2

Words used with it

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

• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 6
• הַמְּדָתָא medata “Hammedatha” 3
• הָמָן haman “Haman” 4
• נִי ni “me” 7
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 4
• עָשֵׁשׁ ashesh “to waste” 2
• מְאֹד meod “much” 4
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
• אֲגָגִי agagi “Agagite” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 5
• קָלַע qala “to sling” 2
• נֶגֶד neged “before” 3

Key verses

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

• Numbers 10:9 — And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the…
• Deuteronomy 28:52 — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege…
• 2 Chronicles 28:22 — And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Psalms 7:6 — Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
• Psalms 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
• Psalms 31:11 — I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
• Psalms 59:16 — But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
• Psalms 129:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
• Proverbs 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the…
• Amos 5:12 — For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their…
• Zephaniah 1:17 — And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as…

See all 52 verses in the Word Atlas

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.