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. 2 Kings 4:24 תַּעֲצָר־ ta.'a.tzor- · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

   Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

2. 2 Kings 9:8 וְעָצ֥וּר ve.'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.

3. 2 Kings 14:26 עָצוּר֙ 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

4. 2 Kings 17:4 וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ vai.ya.'atz.Re.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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