עָצַר

a.tsar · to restrain

Hebrew · Strong's H6113 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-tsar' · 47 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עָצַר 46 vb. restrain, retain
Qal
1. restrain
2. (late) retain
Niph. be restrained, stayed
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Every occurrence

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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