עֹצֶר
ʿōṣer
restraint
Strong's H6115NounHebrewTWOT 1675b

עֹצֶר (ʿōṣer) is a Hebrew noun meaning restraint. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6115).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1675b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1675b)restraint, coercion; closure, constraint; oppression
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֹ֫צֶר noun, masculine: restraint, coercion

Strong's H6115 עֹצֶר: closure; also constraint
KJV:× barren, oppression, × prison.

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 1675: עָצַר ʿāṣar — restrain, retain; stayed; inclose, hold back, maintain, rule, assemble; close up, detain, fast, keep, prevail, recover, refrain, shut, slack, stop, withhold

See it in Scripture

Psalms 107:39Proverbs 30:16Isaiah 53:8

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