עָצַר (ʿāṣar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning restrain. It appears
46 times
in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6113).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1675)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1675)restrain, retain; stayed; inclose, hold back, maintain, rule, assemble; close up, detain, fast, keep, prevail, recover, refrain, shut, slack, stop, withhold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָצַרverb: restrain, retain
Qal
1.restrain
2.(late) retain
Niphalbe restrained, stayed
Strong's H6113עָצָר: to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble KJV:× be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
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.