צָרַר
tsârar · tsaw-rar'
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To pursue the straight path of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָרַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 47 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he shall besiege2 · 6%
- strait2 · 6%
- besiege2 · 6%
- enemy2 · 6%
- the enemy2 · 6%
- for i am in trouble2 · 6%
- have they afflicted2 · 6%
- in her pangs2 · 6%
- being bound up1 · 3%
- and an adversary1 · 3%
- to vex1 · 3%
- the enemy that oppresseth1 · 3%
- vex1 · 3%
- for they vex1 · 3%
- and shall vex1 · 3%
- and bound up1 · 3%
- unto me now when ye are in distress1 · 3%
- that they were in a strait1 · 3%
- shall be bound1 · 3%
- distressed1 · 3%
- i am distressed1 · 3%
- unto them. so they were shut up1 · 3%
- of his distress1 · 3%
- and when he was in affliction1 · 3%
- who vexed1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.