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).

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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. Jeremiah 20:9 עָצֻ֖ר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

  2. Jeremiah 33:1 עָצ֔וּר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

  3. Jeremiah 36:5 עָצ֔וּר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

  4. Jeremiah 39:15 עָצ֔וּר 'a.Tzur · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

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