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. 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.

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.