בְּצַר
bĕṣar
straits
Strong's H1222NounHebrewTWOT 1973b

בְּצַר (bĕṣar) is a Hebrew noun meaning straits. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1222).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1973b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1973b)straits, distress; gold, narrow, tight, trouble, pebble, opponent, crowding; adversary, afflicted, affliction, anguish, close, enemy, flint, foe, small, sorrow, tribulation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צַר noun, masculine: straits, distress

Strong's H1222 בְּצַר: gold
KJV:gold.

Strong's H6862 צַר: narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV:adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1973: יָצַר yāṣar — bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped; tied up; in straits, make narrow, press hard, cause distress; press, be in distress; be distressed, be straitened, be vexed, adversary, afflict, affliction, beseige, distress…

See it in Scripture

Job 36:19

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