צַר (ṣar) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning pebble. It appears
110 times
in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6862).
Also rendered
straits
adversary
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1974a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1974a)adversary, foe; narrow, tight, trouble, pebble, opponent, crowding; afflicted, affliction, anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
צַרnoun, masculine: adversary, foe
Strong's H6862צַר: 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 1974: צָרַרṣārar — shew hostility toward, vex; cramp; adversary, afflict, affliction, beseige, bind, distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait