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).
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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.
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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.
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