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צָרָה H6869
H6869 is the Hebrew word צָרָה, transliterated tsârâh and said tsaw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it trouble.
What it means
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:.
Where it comes from
feminine of H6862 (צַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 50 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Verses using צָרָה
The first 40 of 52 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 35:3 · KJV
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis 42:21 · KJV
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Deuteronomy 31:17 · KJV
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deuteronomy 31:21 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
1 Samuel 1:6 · KJV
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 10:19 · KJV
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 26:24 · KJV
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
2 Samuel 4:9 · KJV
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
1 Kings 1:29 · KJV
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
2 Kings 19:3 · KJV
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2 Chronicles 15:6 · KJV
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
2 Chronicles 20:9 · KJV
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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.
Job 5:19 · KJV
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 27:9 · KJV
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Psalm 20:1 · KJV
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psalm 22:11 · KJV
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalm 25:17 · KJV
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Psalm 50:15 · KJV
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalm 54:7 · KJV
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
Psalm 71:20 · KJV
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalm 77:2 · KJV
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalm 78:49 · KJV
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psalm 81:7 · KJV
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalm 86:7 · KJV
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Psalm 91:15 · KJV
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalm 116:3 · KJV
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 120:1 · KJV
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalm 138:7 · KJV
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Proverbs 1:27 · KJV
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs 11:8 · KJV
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 24:10 · KJV
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Proverbs 25:19 · KJV
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Isaiah 8:22 · KJV
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 30:6 · KJV
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah 37:3 · KJV
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Isaiah 63:9 · KJV
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 them all the days of old.
Isaiah 65:16 · KJV
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 4:31 · KJV
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
Jeremiah 6:24 · KJV
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6869 mean?
H6869 is the Hebrew word צָרָה (tsârâh), meaning tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:.
How is H6869 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it trouble (23 times), troubles (6 times), anguish (5 times), affliction (5 times), distress (3 times), among others.
How many times does H6869 appear in the Bible?
צָרָה (tsârâh) is tagged in 52 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6869 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H6862 (צַר).
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