Word Study · Strong's H6696 · Hebrew
צוּר
tsur
tsoor
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsûwr
“to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Rendered in the KJV as
adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- וַיָּ֥צַר3
- וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ3
- הַצָּרִ֤ים2
- וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙2
- צָרִ֥ים2
- צָרִ֖ים2
- הַצָּרִ֣ים1
- הַצָּרִ֥ים1
- וַיָּ֤צַר1
- וַיָּ֛צַר1
- וַיָּ֙צַר֙1
- וַיָּצַר֩1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 25
- and he laid siege5
- and they laid siege5
- [were] laying siege3
- and he fashioned2
- and you will lay siege2
- who are laying siege2
- [are] shutting up1
- [they were] laying siege1
- and he besieged1
- and he secured1
- and I will be a foe to1
- and I will lay siege1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- Hc/Vqw3ms9
- Hc/Vqw3mp6
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural5
- Hc/Vqq2ms4
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural4
- Hc/Vqq1cs2
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 9
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 6
- HVqrmpa · 5
- Hc/Vqq2ms · 4
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 4
- Hc/Vqq1cs · 2
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HVhi3ms · 1
- HVqi1cp · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
- HVqj2ms · 1
- HVqj2ms/Sp3mp · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings8 of 38 · 21%
- Deuteronomy5 of 38 · 13%
- Jeremiah5 of 38 · 13%
- 1 Kings4 of 38 · 11%
- Exodus2 of 38 · 5%
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 23:22וְצַרְתִּ֖יvetzartiHc/Vqq1csBut if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.here: and I will be a foe to
- Exodus 32:4וַיָּ֤צַרvaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msHe took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”here: and he fashioned
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:9תָּ֙צַר֙tatzarverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularThen the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: you may provoke
- Deuteronomy 2:19תְּצֻרֵ֖םtetzuremverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBut when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: you provoke them
- Deuteronomy 14:25וְצַרְתָּ֤vetzartaHc/Vqq2msthen exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.here: and you will secure
- Deuteronomy 20:12וְצַרְתָּ֖vetzartaHc/Vqq2msBut if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.here: and you will lay siege
- Deuteronomy 20:19תָצ֣וּרtatzurverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?here: you will lay siege
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 11:1וַיָּצֻ֖רוּvaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpIn the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.here: and they laid siege
- 2 Samuel 20:15וַיָּצֻ֣רוּvaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpAnd Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,here: and they laid siege
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:15וַיָּ֛צַרvaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msHe cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.here: and he fashioned
- 1 Kings 15:27צָרִ֖יםtzarimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.here: [were] laying siege
- 1 Kings 16:17וַיָּצֻ֖רוּvaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpThen Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.here: and they laid siege
- 1 Kings 20:1וַיָּ֙צַר֙vaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msNow Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.here: and he laid siege
2 Kings8 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:23וַיָּצַר֩vaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msBut Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.here: and he secured
- 2 Kings 6:24וַיָּ֖צַרvaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msSome time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.here: and he laid siege
- 2 Kings 6:25צָרִ֣יםtzarimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.here: [they were] laying siege
- 2 Kings 12:10וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙vaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpWhenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.here: and they tied up
- 2 Kings 16:5וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙vaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpThen Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.here: and they laid siege
- 2 Kings 17:5וַיָּ֥צַרvaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msThen the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.here: and he laid siege
- 2 Kings 18:9וַיָּ֥צַרvaiyatzarHc/Vqw3msIn the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.here: and he laid siege
- 2 Kings 24:11צָרִ֥יםtzarimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.here: [were] laying siege
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 21:2צוּרִ֣יtzuriverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularA dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”here: lay siege
- Isaiah 29:3וְצַרְתִּ֤יvetzartiHc/Vqq1csI will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.here: and I will lay siege
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 21:4הַצָּרִ֣יםhatzarimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.here: who are laying siege
- Jeremiah 21:9הַצָּרִ֤יםhatzarimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralWhoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.here: who are laying siege
- Jeremiah 32:2צָרִ֖יםtzarimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAt that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.here: [were] laying siege
- Jeremiah 37:5הַצָּרִ֤יםhatzarimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralPharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.here: who were laying siege
- Jeremiah 39:1וַיָּצֻ֖רוּvaiyatzuruHc/Vqw3mpIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.here: and they laid siege
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:3וְצַרְתָּ֣vetzartaHc/Vqq2msThen take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.here: and you will lay siege
- Ezekiel 5:3וְצַרְתָּ֥vetzartaHc/Vqq2msBut you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.here: and you will confine
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