1) to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to restrain, halt, stop 1a2) to retain 1b) (Niphal) to be restrained, be stayed, be under restraint
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H6113 — עָצַר
a.tsar · to restrain · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 16:2 · עֲצָרַ֤נִיSo Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Genesis 20:18 · עָצֹ֤ר · עָצַר֙for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.Numbers 16:48 · וַתֵּעָצַ֖רHe stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.Numbers 16:50 · נֶעֱצָֽרָה׃ פThen Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.Numbers 25:8 · וַתֵּֽעָצַר֙followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,Deuteronomy 11:17 · וְעָצַ֤רor the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.Deuteronomy 32:36 · עָצ֥וּרFor the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.Judges 13:15 · נַעְצְרָה־“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”Judges 13:16 · תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.1 Samuel 9:17 · יַעְצֹ֥רWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”1 Samuel 10:1 · תַעְצֹרThen Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?1 Samuel 21:5 · עֲצֻֽרָה־David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”1 Samuel 21:7 · נֶעְצָר֙Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.2 Samuel 24:21 · וְתֵעָצַ֥ר“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”2 Samuel 24:25 · וַתֵּעָצַ֥רAnd there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.1 Kings 8:35 · בְּהֵעָצֵ֥רWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,1 Kings 14:10 · עָצ֥וּרBecause of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!1 Kings 18:44 · יַעַצָרְכָ֖הOn the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”1 Kings 21:21 · וְעָצ֥וּרThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.2 Kings 4:24 · תַּעֲצָר־Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”2 Kings 9:8 · וְעָצ֥וּרThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.2 Kings 14:26 · עָצוּר֙For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,2 Kings 17:4 · וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.1 Chronicles 12:1 · עָצ֔וּרNow these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;1 Chronicles 21:22 · וְתֵעָצַ֥רThen David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”1 Chronicles 29:14 · נַעְצֹ֣רBut who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.2 Chronicles 2:6 · יַעֲצָר־But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?2 Chronicles 6:26 · בְּהֵעָצֵ֧רWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,2 Chronicles 7:13 · אֶֽעֱצֹ֤רIf I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,2 Chronicles 13:20 · עָצַ֧רJeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.2 Chronicles 14:11 · יַעְצֹ֥רThen Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”2 Chronicles 20:37 · עָצְר֖וּThen Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.2 Chronicles 22:9 · לַעְצֹ֥רThen Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.Nehemiah 6:10 · עָצ֑וּרLater, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”Job 4:2 · וַעְצֹ֥ר“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?Job 12:15 · יַעְצֹ֣רIf He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.Job 29:9 · עָצְר֣וּThe princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.Psalm 106:30 · וַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗רBut Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.Isaiah 66:9 · וְעָצַ֖רְתִּיShall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.Jeremiah 20:9 · עָצֻ֖רIf I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.Jeremiah 33:1 · עָצ֔וּרWhile Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:Jeremiah 36:5 · עָצ֔וּרThen Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;Jeremiah 39:15 · עָצ֔וּרAnd while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:Daniel 10:8 · עָצַ֖רְתִּיSo I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.Daniel 10:16 · עָצַ֖רְתִּיAnd suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.Daniel 11:6 · תַעְצֹ֞רAfter some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.