Strong H6887H6887Dצָרַר

to vex

One of the 5 senses of Strong H6887

Transliteration
tsârar
Pronunciation
tsaw-rar'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {cramp} literally or {figuratively} transitively or intransitively: - {adversary} (be in) afflict ({-ion}) {besiege} bind ({up}) (be {in} bring) {distress} {enemy} {narrower} {oppress} {pangs} shut {up} be in a strait ({trouble}) vex.

Detailed definition

to show hostility toward, vex

In the Bible

Strong H6887D appears in 25 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • enemy15
  • vex4
  • afflict4
  • adversary3

First verses

  1. Exodus 23:22
    But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
  2. Numbers 10:9
    And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
  3. Numbers 25:17
    Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
  4. Numbers 25:18
    For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
  5. Numbers 33:55
    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
  6. Esther 3:10
    And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
  7. Esther 8:1
    On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
  8. Esther 9:10
    The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
  9. Esther 9:24
    Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
  10. Psalms 6:7
    Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
  11. Psalms 7:4
    If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
  12. Psalms 7:6
    Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
  13. Psalms 8:2
    Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
  14. Psalms 10:5
    His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
  15. Psalms 23:5
    Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
  16. Psalms 31:11
    I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
  17. Psalms 42:10
    As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  18. Psalms 69:19
    Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
  19. Psalms 74:4
    Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
  20. Psalms 74:23
    Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
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