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. Isaiah 66:9 וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי ve.'a.Tzar.ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

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