Strong H6869H6869Bצָרָה

distress

Transliteration: tsârâh
Pronunciation: tsaw-raw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of H6862; tightness (that {is} figuratively trouble); transitively a female rival: - {adversary} {adversity} {affliction} {anguish} {distress} {tribulation} trouble.

Detailed definition

straits, distress, trouble

In the Bible

Strong H6869B appears in 69 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

trouble42
distress8
affliction7
adversity5
anguish5
tribulation3

First verses

Genesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deuteronomy 31:21
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Judges 10:14
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
1 Samuel 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 26:24
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
2 Samuel 4:9
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
1 Kings 1:29
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
2 Kings 19:3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2 Chronicles 15:6
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
2 Chronicles 20:9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Job 5:19
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Psalms 20:1
The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 25:17
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Psalms 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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