עָצַר

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble; [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 16:2 עֲצָרַ֤נִי 'a.tza.Ra.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

2. Genesis 20:18 עָצֹ֤ר 'a.Tzor · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

3. Genesis 20:18 עָצַר֙ 'a.Tzar · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

4. Numbers 16:48 וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר va.te.'a.Tzar · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

5. Numbers 16:50 נֶעֱצָֽרָה׃ פ ne.'e.Tza.rah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.

6. Numbers 25:8 וַתֵּֽעָצַר֙ va.te.'a.Tzar · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

7. Deuteronomy 11:17 וְעָצַ֤ר ve.'a.Tzar · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

   and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.

8. Deuteronomy 32:36 עָצ֥וּר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.

9. Judges 13:15 נַעְצְרָה־ na'.tze.rah- · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

   And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

10. Judges 13:16 תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙ ta'.tze.Re.ni · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

11. 1 Samuel 9:17 יַעְצֹ֥ר ya'.Tzor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

12. 1 Samuel 10:1 תַעְצֹר ta'.Tzor · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

13. 1 Samuel 21:5 עֲצֻֽרָה־ 'a.tzu.rah- · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?

14. 1 Samuel 21:7 נֶעְצָר֙ ne'.Tzar · An -ing word: receiving the action

    Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.

15. 2 Samuel 24:21 וְתֵעָצַ֥ר ve.te.'a.Tzar · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

16. 2 Samuel 24:25 וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר va.te.'a.Tzar · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

17. 1 Kings 8:35 בְּהֵעָצֵ֥ר be.he.'a.Tzer · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

18. 1 Kings 14:10 עָצ֥וּר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

19. 1 Kings 18:44 יַעַצָרְכָ֖ה ya.'a.tza.re.Khah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

20. 1 Kings 21:21 וְעָצ֥וּר ve.'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:

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