יָצַר
yāṣar
bind
Strong's H3334VerbHebrewTWOT 1973

יָצַר (yāṣar) is a Hebrew verb meaning bind. It appears 10 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3334).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1973)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1973)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…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צָרַר verb: bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped

Strong's H3334 יָצַר: to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
KJV:be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

Strong's H6887 צָרַר: to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
KJV:adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

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.

See it in Scripture

Judges 2:151 Samuel 30:62 Samuel 13:2

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