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צָרַר H6887

H6887 is the Hebrew word צָרַר, transliterated tsârar and said tsaw-rar'. The King James Version most often renders it vex.

Word: צָרַרTransliteration: tsârarSaid: tsaw-rar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 48 verses

What it means

to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

vex 5×besiege 4×strait 3×distress 3×enemy 3×bound 2×distressed 2×mine enemies 2×trouble 2×thine enemies 2×afflicted 2×afflict 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

Verses using צָרַר

The first 40 of 48 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 12:34 · KJV

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Exodus 23:22 · KJV

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Leviticus 18:18 · KJV

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

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 25:17 · KJV

Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

Numbers 25:18 · KJV

For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.

Numbers 33:55 · KJV

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Deuteronomy 28:52 · KJV

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 thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

1 Samuel 13:6 · KJV

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

1 Samuel 25:29 · KJV

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

1 Samuel 28:15 · KJV

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

2 Samuel 1:26 · KJV

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

2 Samuel 20:3 · KJV

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Samuel 24:14 · KJV

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

1 Kings 8:37 · KJV

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

1 Chronicles 21:13 · KJV

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Chronicles 6:28 · KJV

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

2 Chronicles 28:22 · KJV

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

2 Chronicles 33:12 · KJV

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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 8:1 · KJV

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

Esther 9:10 · KJV

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

Esther 9:24 · KJV

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Job 26:8 · KJV

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Psalm 7:6 · KJV

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.

Psalm 8:2 · KJV

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 10:5 · KJV

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Psalm 23:5 · KJV

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psalm 31:9 · KJV

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Psalm 31:11 · KJV

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.

Psalm 42:10 · KJV

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 69:17 · KJV

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Psalm 74:4 · KJV

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Psalm 74:23 · KJV

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Psalm 129:1 · KJV

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Psalm 129:2 · KJV

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 143:12 · KJV

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Proverbs 26:8 · KJV

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 30:4 · KJV

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 ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Isaiah 8:16 · KJV

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6887 mean?

H6887 is the Hebrew word צָרַר (tsârar), meaning to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.

How is H6887 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it vex (5 times), besiege (4 times), strait (3 times), distress (3 times), enemy (3 times), among others.

How many times does H6887 appear in the Bible?

צָרַר (tsârar) is tagged in 48 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6887 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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