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צַר H6862
H6862 is the Hebrew word צַר, transliterated tsar and said tsar. The King James Version most often renders it trouble.
What it means
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding).
Where it comes from
or צָר; from H6887 (צָרַר); compare as in H6864 (צֹר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 66 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Verses using צַר
The first 40 of 88 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 14:20 · KJV
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Numbers 10:9 · KJV
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 LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 22:26 · KJV
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Numbers 24:8 · KJV
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Deuteronomy 4:30 · KJV
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deuteronomy 32:27 · KJV
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
Deuteronomy 32:41 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 his land, and to his people.
1 Samuel 2:32 · KJV
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
2 Samuel 22:7 · KJV
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
2 Samuel 24:13 · KJV
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Kings 6:1 · KJV
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
1 Chronicles 12:17 · KJV
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
1 Chronicles 21:12 · KJV
Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
2 Chronicles 15:4 · KJV
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
Ezra 4:1 · KJV
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
Nehemiah 4:11 · KJV
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Nehemiah 9:27 · KJV
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 from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Esther 7:4 · KJV
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
Esther 7:6 · KJV
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Job 6:23 · KJV
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Job 7:11 · KJV
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 15:24 · KJV
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job 16:9 · KJV
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 36:16 · KJV
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Job 38:23 · KJV
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Job 41:15 · KJV
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Psalm 3:1 · KJV
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalm 4:1 · KJV
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalm 13:4 · KJV
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Psalm 18:6 · KJV
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalm 27:2 · KJV
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 27:12 · KJV
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalm 32:7 · KJV
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 44:5 · KJV
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Psalm 44:7 · KJV
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Psalm 44:10 · KJV
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Psalm 60:11 · KJV
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalm 74:10 · KJV
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalm 78:61 · KJV
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6862 mean?
H6862 is the Hebrew word צַר (tsar), meaning narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding).
How is H6862 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it trouble (15 times), adversaries (12 times), enemies (10 times), adversary (5 times), mine enemies (4 times), among others.
How many times does H6862 appear in the Bible?
צַר (tsar) is tagged in 88 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6862 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or צָר; from H6887 (צָרַר); compare as in H6864 (צֹר).
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